Fundraiser Launched For Slain Austin Freebirds Worker's Family

AUSTIN, TX— A fundraiser has been launched to support the family of the Freebirds World Burrito worker who was fatally stabbed by a homeless man over the weekend.

Johnathon Aguilar, 34, was fatally stabbed on Friday, Jan. 3, in a knife attack at his workplace that left another worker in his 50s with serious injuries. Police on Monday identified his attacker as Dylan Woodburn, 27, a homeless man said to have injured a person during an altercation at an adjacent coffee shop on South Congress Avenue before going on a stabbing spree.

Described by police as an "upstanding citizen," during a Monday afternoon press conference, Aguilar was killed in a random attack for which no motive is known. Police on Monday also revealed Woodburn late Friday had succumbed to his own injuries sustained after running off the roof of the eatery.

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In tragedy's wake, a woman has lost her husband and a child has lost his dad. According go a GoFundMe account created to benefit Aguilar's family — his wife, Amy, and son Daniel — for which he was sole provider, having worked at the burrito store for 13 years.

"This has been such a tragedy," Kristina Manchaca, the fundraiser's organizer, wrote on the page. "Amy & Daniel did not deserve too lose him so soon." After pleading for assistance to the man's family, the author concluded: "Johnathan is now our angel. He will be missed dearly."

At last check, the fundraising drive had raised $12,243 — exceeding its initial $8,000 goal. To donate to Aguilar's family, click here.

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