HOUSTON, Texas — Off-duty police officers stopped a would-be gunman from killing people outside a local bar Friday night. The officers shot and killed the suspect after he began firing into a crowd.
The police chiefs in six of Texas’ largest cities responded to the anti-sanctuary city bill passed by the Texas House on Thursday by signing a letter of opposition and releasing it to the press on Friday. The chiefs said the issue is one for the federal government and representatives are “pandering.”
HOUSTON, Texas — Governor Greg Abbott announced the expansion of the Texas Anti-Gang Task Force (TAG) and the creation of a technical operations center in response to a sharp increase in rape and murder in the Houston area by violent gangs.
HOUSTON, Texas – A Houston police sergeant died in an apparent suicide while inside a district police station.
A Houston, Texas, smoke shop owner who was shot multiple times managed to pull his own gun and return fire, killing one of two robbery suspects.
HOUSTON, Texas – Two MS-13 gang members appeared, smiling and waving at television cameras, before a state criminal court on charges of kidnapping and raping a 14-year-old girl and murdering another. The pair allegedly participated in satanic rituals during the attacks.
HOUSTON, Texas — Houston Police Department (HPD) officers and a SWAT team are responding to a shooting at a local charity hospital. Reports indicate a shot or shots were fired inside the hospital.
In addition to massive security constraints, Super Bowl attendees will also have to face possible disruption of their arrival plans by Black Lives Matter protesters.
HOUSTON, Texas – A 78-year-old Texas man shot and killed an armed robber after he was attacked on Houston’s north side Monday morning.
Texas police officers, working with the Houston Humane Society, rescued eight horses suffering from malnourishment and abuse.
HOUSTON, Texas – For the third time in less than a week, a Houston area homeowner has shot a burglar.
A Texas sheriff’s deputy and his wife opened fire on two black males after they assaulted the off-duty officer at a gas station.
HOUSTON, Texas – A suspected armored car robber was shot and killed by Houston police officers during a multi-jurisdictional sting operation. Houston is reportedly the number-one city on the country for armored car robberies.
For the first time, front-line Houston police officers are being issued ballistic vests capable of protecting them from rounds fired from high-velocity rifles.
HOUSTON, Texas – A woman is undergoing psychological testing after she opened an airliner’s emergency exit and jumped out of the plane.
HOUSTON, Texas – A Texas woman described as a Black Lives Matter supporter stands accused of punching a Houston police horse during an anti-Trump protest last week.
Members of the Texas Senate Finance Committee were incensed to hear on Wednesday that over 2,800 at-risk children have still not been seen by CPS after citizen reports of abuse or neglect. Senator John Wittmire immediately tapped the Texas Department of Public Safety to address this emergency. Of these 2,800 children, 511 are classified in the “priority one” category.
A burglary suspect, who was shot twice by a homeowner, crawled under a pickup truck, where he waited for police to arrive before coming out from under the vehicle, reports say.
HOUSTON, Texas – A Houston Police Department patrol officer busted what appears to be a human smuggling operation. Seven suspected illegal immigrants were captured following a traffic stop.
HOUSTON, Texas – A man is captured by a bizarre grocery store security video in what a Texas mother describes as an attempted child abduction.
HOUSTON, Texas — A man has been arrested in Houston after allegedly firing on police officers during a high-speed pursuit.
A Houston Emergency Center 911 operator is now facing criminal charges after allegedly admitting to hanging up on callers. She said he did so because “she did not want to talk to anyone,” investigators stated.
Houston police officers are searching for a man seen in a security video stabbing a family’s dog with a knife through their fence. The dog survived the attack but required medical attention.
HOUSTON, Texas — 12 suspected illegal aliens have been arrested during a raid at a stash house.
A shooter has been shot and killed after multiple people were shot in southwest Houston early Monday morning.
U.S. Border Patrol agents working in south Texas have arrested twelve previously deported sex offenders in the past 12 days.
HOUSTON, Texas — A lone protester stood outside shortly before the appearance by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in Houston at an event honoring the families of those killed by illegal aliens on Saturday. As Trump’s arrival time came, the protest grew to about a dozen people and then eventually capped out about about 25 to 30.
HOUSTON, Texas–A Houston police officer and his wife were sentenced to spend 15 months in a federal prison following their conviction on charges of transporting illegal aliens. The couple will also face supervised release and a fine of $1,000.
Following an overnight manhunt, a Texas man has been arrested and charged with decapitating the owner of a southeast Houston auto parts store. The arrest follows a call for help from the community by Houston police officers.
Houston police officers reported that a woman drowned her two children in their bathtub and then hid the bodies under a neighbor’s house.
HOUSTON, Texas — The Office of the Texas Attorney General (OAG) has obtained a temporary restraining order (TRO) to stop a Houston-area store from selling synthetic marijuana. The TRO was granted following an investigation by the Houston Police Department (HPD) into the 16 synthetic marijuana overdoses that occurred in Herman Park in June.
A video released this week shows the moment of terror as a trio of heavily armed robbers invade a southeast Houston grocery store in an attempted robbery. It was the second armed robbery of this store in four months.
A Texas jury in Corpus Christi wasted no time in handing down a 40-year prison sentence following their conviction on Friday of a man who was sex trafficking a 15-year-old girl.
HOUSTON, Texas – Two Houston police officers shot a man they believed was reaching for a gun in his waistband. The gun turned out to be a pellet gun that closely resembles a semi-automatic pistol.
Two armed men walked into a restaurant in one of the city’s wealthiest neighborhoods and robbed the store and the customers at gunpoint. At one point a shot was fired into the ceiling.
HOUSTON, Texas – A Houston city councilman has called for segregation in policing. In the wake of the officer-involved shootings of black men across the country and the assassination of Dallas police officers, the councilman said police should reflect the
HOUSTON, Texas – Police officers in Houston showed restraint in two separate shooting incidents that occurred in the wake of the slaughter of five Dallas-area police officers. In one incident a man who fired several shots at police was safely taken into custody while in a second, the suspect was shot after repeatedly ignored orders to drop the handgun he had in his hand.
HOUSTON, Texas — #PrayforHouston was trending on Twitter on Saturday after Houston police officers had to shoot an armed black man who pointed a gun at them. Alva Braziel died at the scene in Houston around 12:30 Saturday morning after officers fired what was reported as numerous shots at the man.
Organizers for the Houston LGBT Pride celebration have declared the parade route and other pride events to be gun-free zones. The move comes less than two weeks after the Orlando Islamic terrorist attack at a gay nightclub — another “gun-free zone.” It also follows a threat of gun violence on Twitter.
Police officers in Houston seized an AK-47 rifle and several handguns from a vehicle driven by suspects in a shooting that occurred in the southwest part of the city.
