Houston Police Department

Politicians and law enforcement figures in Houston are dealing with the massive blowback after an audit revealed that for at least eight years, authorities had “suspended” and not investigated more than 260,000 criminal cases. Officials say a lack of manpower

A Harris County grand jury declined to file charges against a man who shot and killed a would-be robber in a Houston taqueria nearly one year ago. The man got the drop on the robber after throwing money on the ground as a distraction and then fired multiple shots leaving the robber dead.

A Houston woman allegedly hit a man with her car during a fatal collision while she was reportedly over the legal alcohol limit on April 19.

Swift fans raised over $100,000 in just one day for the family of a fan killed heading home from a concert by a suspected drunk driver.

A man accused of shooting and killing a Houston-area tattoo parlor employee in December is believed to be hiding in a Texas border community. The murder suspect was reportedly out of prison on parole for the aggravated sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl at the time of the shooting.

A suspect is accused of violently robbing a woman in Houston, Texas, during a February 13 incident that left her paralyzed.

Police from Hitchcock, Texas, shot and killed a man suspected of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old child. The 54-year-old man allegedly met the child through social media.

HOUSTON, Texas — A customer at a taqueria on the southwest side of Houston shot and killed a would-be armed robber, according to video released by the Houston Police Department. The customer reportedly gathered the money taken by the robbery

An attacker in Houston, Texas, set fire to residences shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday morning, then shot and killed three people as they fled the flames. 

A robbery suspect is dead after he shot a Missouri City, Texas, police officer in the face. The shooting incident took place following a police pursuit of a man suspected of a robbery that occured on the north side of Harris County (Houston).

A Houston mother and her boyfriend were charged in the death of her eight-year-old as well as injuries to the child’s twin after being arrested on Friday.

A woman was found deceased with a gunshot wound sitting in a car in Houston on Friday but detectives found no weapon at the scene.

Two suspects allegedly killed a man and shot his son Friday at a car wash in Houston, Texas, and police are asking for citizens’ help in the case.

On Monday night, UFC fighter Kevin Holland and his training partner, Patrick Robinson, joined with other customers at a Houston sushi restaurant to take down and subdue a man who entered the establishment with a gun and fired a round into the ceiling.

HOUSTON, Texas — A man shot and killed a Texas constable’s deputy with his own weapon during an altercation. The deputy was working an off-duty job at a local shopping mall.

The criminal alien accused in the murder of a Harris County Precinct 5 Constable’s deputy has been a fugitive for more than 25 years, Texas court records indicate. He is also reportedly wanted in El Salvador on a murder allegedly committed while on the run.

Law enforcement has launched a search for a suspect believed to have shot three Houston police officers on Thursday.

HOUSTON, Texas — An international manhunt led to the arrest of the man accused in the “savage execution” of a Harris County Constable’s deputy on Sunday morning. U.S. and Mexican law enforcement made the arrest in Mexico just across the border with Texas.

HOUSTON, Texas — A manhunt is underway for the suspect in what is described as the “ruthless, savage execution” of Harris County Precinct 5 Constables Office Corporal Charles Galloway. The Houston Police Department identified the suspect as “Oscar Rosales.”

A Harris County Precinct 5 Deputy Constable sustained multiple gunshot wounds during a traffic stop in southwest Houston early Sunday morning. The deputy died at the scene from wounds as an as-yet-unidentified gunman fled the scene.

A 40-year-old woman passed away when she and a 33-year-old man were shot outside a house recently in Houston, Texas, ABC 13 reported Thursday.

The Houston Police Department says it is searching for a suspect who shot a gas station clerk in the face during an attempted robbery Monday.

Envelopes of cash and checks were found in a bathroom wall of Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church years after $600,000 was reported from the church.

Police in Houston, Texas, are looking for a 19-year-old woman who has been accused of setting a man on fire in Kingwood.

An off-duty New Orleans police officer visiting a Houston upscale Galleria-area restaurant is dead and another person is seriously wounded after gunmen opened fire during a robbery.

Police officers rescued an infant from a man holding a knife in Houston, Texas, recently in what officials described as a tense scene.

The Bengal tiger videoed while wandering a west-Houston neighborhood on Mother’s Day has been found and is headed to a wildlife sanctuary. Houston Police Department (HPD) officials say the tiger, named India, belongs to a man who was out of jail on bond for a murder charge.

HOUSTON, Texas — Residents of a west-Houston gated community are in shock after video captured a driver appearing to intentionally run over a group of protected ducks. The attack left one duck dead and a second injured. A video captured

A Texas auto dealer is recovering from injuries sustained during an invasion-style robbery captured on security camera video. Houston police are searching for the alleged robber who is seen forcing his way into the victim’s south Houston used car office. The suspect is seen assaulting the owner with a crowbar and pistol.

HOUSTON, Texas — The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas filed criminal charges against five “non-citizens of the United States” for their alleged roles in a human smuggling stash house operation. The alleged smugglers reportedly extorted the families of migrants being held in a house in southwest Houston.

Houston Police responded to calls of a break-in at the city’s Museum of Fine Arts Tuesday night, leading to a lengthy search along the nearby bayou and sewers after the suspects reportedly escaped by boat.

HOUSTON, Texas — The severe Texas winter storm left a mother and her young daughter dead as they attempted to stay warm. The pair died from carbon monoxide poisoning after running their car in the garage to generate heat.

Houston police officers responded to a call regarding a group of men who escaped from a human smuggling stash house. The officers rounded up the nine men who escaped. Fifteen others and the human smuggler managed to escape.

HOUSTON, Texas — The Harris County Sheriff’s Office reports that three deputies were shot and one civilian woman was killed after a fight broke out in a Houston-area nightclub. The three deputies were off duty working a security job at the time of the shooting.

HOUSTON, Texas — Governor Greg Abbott announced the deployment of Department of Public Safety troopers to help the Houston Police Department combat the surge of road-rage shootings in the city. The governor is ordering marked and unmarked DPS vehicles to patrol hot spots defined by city officials, following a 33 percent increase in road-rage related shootings.

HOUSTON, Texas — An as-yet-unidentified gunman shot and killed a Houston police sergeant as he drove to work on the city’s north side Monday afternoon. This marks the second fatal shooting of a Houston police sergeant in the past three weeks, third in 2020, and the fourth line-of-duty Houston police officer death in the past 12 months.