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.
The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas filed two federal charges against the criminal alien accused of killing Houston Police Sergeant Howard Preston. The charges will help ensure the accused killer stays behind bars.
HOUSTON, Texas — A Salvadoran national with a criminal history in Dallas and Houston allegedly shot and killed a 41-year veteran Houston police sergeant Tuesday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials placed a detainer on the accused cop-killer due to his reported illegal presence in the United States.
HOUSTON, Texas — A twice-deported Honduran national is facing multiple felony charges including Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child and Aggravated Assault with Serious Bodily Injury. Police arrested the man as he reportedly prepared to flee to Honduras.
Houston Police Department Robbery Division detectives are searching for two suspects who allegedly shot a man during an armed robbery. One of the men can be seen in security camera videos shooting the victim in the thigh while demanding the man turn over his bag. A second armed man can be seen taking the bag.
A Houston police officer shot and killed a gunman who opened fire and hit a patrol vehicle with officers inside, according to police.
HOUSTON, Texas — A mural depicting a peace officer hanging from a noose was discovered on the side of a building in Houston, Texas. The discovery came during the week where thousands of George Floyd protesters took to the streets
HOUSTON, Texas — Dozens of horse-mounted protesters arrived in downtown Houston on Tuesday to demonstrate in the George Floyd rally. The event drew more than 60,000 attendees and remained largely peaceful.
HOUSTON, Texas — Houston Police Department investigators arrested an illegal immigrant on charges that he allegedly fired a handgun at police helicopters. The incident occurred as the man allegedly fired on police aircraft responding to the crash of a Houston Police Department helicopter that killed one officer and critically injured the pilot. An immigration judge ordered the illegal alien to be removed from the U.S. earlier this year.
HOUSTON, Texas — Houston Police Department Chief Art Acevedo said burglaries in the city are up 20 percent since the issuance of “Stay-Home, Work-Safe” orders put in place by Harris County.
HOUSTON, Texas — The police chief of the largest city in Texas expressed concerns over the release of massive numbers of inmates for Coronavirus fears. Officials in Harris County called for the release of certain non-violent offenders to help prevent the spread.
Laredo Sector Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers arrested a Mexican man with U.S. resident alien status as he attempted to re-enter the U.S. The migrant is wanted in Houston for Super Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child under the age of six.
Houston police chief Art Acevedo pushed gun control after one of his officers got into a physical struggle with a criminal and was shot with his own gun.
Houston Police are searching for a man who allegedly pulled a gun on Popeyes employees on Monday because the restaurant chain was sold out of its chicken sandwiches.
Police in Navasota, Texas, reportedly arrested a previously deported illegal immigrant on charges connected to a Houston homicide case. Immigration officials deported the Mexican national on at least three separate occasions.
Texas law enforcement has launched a manhunt for a gunman and his accomplice after they allegedly shot two people dead on a freeway amid rush hour on Thursday night.
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo says officers do not need prayers from elected officials, rather they need the passage of more gun control.
HOUSTON, Texas — Four Houston Police Department officers were shot while executing a narcotics search warrant on Monday afternoon. A fifth officer sustained a knee injury during the exchange of gunfire with the suspects. Two officers are in critical but stable condition. Two officers are stable and the fifth officer is expected to be discharged soon. The two suspects were killed.
Authorities say a second black man has been charged in the fatal drive-by shooting of a 7-year-old Houston black girl, whose death her family had initially believed was racially motivated.
Immigration officials filed detainers on four MS-13 members charged with hacking a Houston police informant to death with a machete. The alleged murder occurred in June.
HOUSTON, Texas — Four members of the hyperviolent transnational criminal gang known as MS-13 hacked a Houston Police Department confidential informant to death with a machete, investigators stated. The alleged murder occurred on the night of June 6, 2018, in a Houston public park.
HOUSTON, Texas — Five men who police say are well-documented gang members teamed up to allegedly burglarize a pharmacy located on the city’s southwest side. Houston Police Department officers say they caught the group leaving the area of the burglary and they were carrying tools commonly used for such jobs.
A 67-year old Mexican national was charged with the murder of his 63-year old wife in Texas after he allegedly admitted to choking her to death over a car payment he could not afford, said Houston police.
