APD: Man dies after he ‘collapsed’ outside south Austin library

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man died after police said he “collapsed” outside the Menchaca Road Branch Library Thursday morning, the Austin Police Department confirmed to KXAN in an email.

Around 9 a.m., APD officers responded to the library, which is located at 5500 Menchaca Road in south Austin, for a check welfare urgent call, police said.

KXAN reached out to the city of Austin for a statement, and a spokesperson said in part an “Austin Public Library employee observed an individual collapse in the driveway outside of the Menchaca Road Branch Library as the library was opening.”…

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