AUSTIN (KXAN) – An unusual series of events led police to a stabbing victim overnight.

Austin police officers were completing a DWI stop near the 4500 block of Oltorf around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday when another car drove into a nearby gate.

Officers immediately went to the crash and discovered the driver was seriously injured, then later determined the injuries were from a stabbing during a fight.

The man had been stabbed several times in a parking lot of an apartment complex at 2400 Wickersham Lane .

The man was rushed to University Medical Center Brackenridge, where he later died. Authorities said they are ruling the death a homicide.

The name of the victim has not been released, and the investigation is on-going.