Overview
- Nicholas Andrew Knudsen, 29, was booked into Hays County Jail on Monday, according to jail records and a San Marcos police post.
- San Marcos police say he faces a first‑degree aggravated assault charge for a Dec. 12 incident in which two 12‑gauge shotgun rounds were fired into his girlfriend’s upstairs bedroom at the Redwood Apartments.
- Investigators report one shot struck the bedroom window and another hit the apartment’s exterior wall as the occupants slept, and the suspect fled the area.
- He was also wanted on a first‑degree aggravated kidnapping charge, an offense that carries a possible sentence of five to 99 years or life in prison if convicted.
- Authorities say he had been the subject of a joint inquiry by Kyle police, San Marcos police and the Hays County Sheriff’s Office, and Crime Stoppers previously offered a $1,000 reward for tips.