11-year-old Texas boy fatally shot after "ding dong ditch" prank, police say
The boy, who has not yet been identified, died of his wounds Sunday, Aug. 31, police said.
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The boy, who has not yet been identified, died of his wounds Sunday, Aug. 31, police said.
Sources within the department say Garcia may be asked to run the Houston Police Department which can offer him a contract with higher pay and better job security.
"Of course, we're devastated. We don't understand why these things happen," Joel Osteen said.
Rudolph "Rudy" Farias' mother reported her son missing on March 7, 2015. He returned home the following day but his mother remained adamant he was missing, police say.
Police Chief Troy Finner said one of the six victims is in critical condition and underwent emergency surgery.
One person was fatally shot during a hostage rescue on Thursday in Houston, according to the FBI.
Ryan Mitchell Smith, 26, remained jailed Thursday after prosecutors accused him of killing his father, Cameron Smith, by using a 15-pound dumbbell to hit him three times in the head.
Police were searching for a Texas man to question him about the death of his father, whose body was found hidden in a garage, when they say the suspect stabbed a K-9 officer.
The FBI launched a website Friday to help the Houston Police Department with its investigation into last November's Astroworld concert disaster, that left 10 people dead.
The officer held on to the passenger side door of the suspect's vehicle. She has non-life threatening injuries.
Houston Police Sergeant Tung Tran who has worked for the department for 23 years has been charged with two child sex felonies, including sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child.
According to Houston Police, the child was crossing the street, not in a crosswalk, when a black Chevrolet Silverado pickup hit her.
The judge said the suspect, Ahmedal Tayeb Elnouman Modawi, is currently in high school and has no previous criminal charges.
The teen drove away from police, speeding down a residential street to avoid the officer when he allegedly hit the three valets who worked for a nearby bar and grill.
Police said the man, 22, removed the pistol from his waistband and the gun went off, hitting his girlfriend, 23, in the chest.
Officer Felipe Gallegos had been charged with murdering Dennis Tuttle during the January 2019 raid, the warrant for which prosecutors say now-former Officer Gerald Goines lied to obtain.
Investigators say a man opened fire at a married couple, killing one of them and wounding the other, before fatally shooting himself inside the Downtown Aquarium Restaurant in Houston.
Two people were killed and another injured in a shooting on the second floor of Houston's Downtown Aquarium.
When authorities arrived, they found a man, a woman and a girl believed to be about 5 to 7 years old who were fatally shot.
A second person has been charged in connection with the death of a 5-year-old Houston boy whose body was allegedly kept hidden in a storage unit before being discovered in an East Texas motel, authorities said Tuesday.
An investigation is underway after police in Houston said a shooting was reported at a high school Wednesday morning and that a student was injured.
On Wednesday, the Houston Police Department said officers responded to the 9000 block of McAvoy where the people were being held at a house.
A woman is under arrest after police say a child found dead in a motel room is believed to be a boy reported missing from a city in Texas.
Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said investigators are trying to confirm that the gunman is among the dead, and that he was fatally shot by an off-duty sheriff's deputy working security.
Police in Houston say more than 90 people were found inside a home while officers were responding to a reported kidnapping Friday.
Ten days into the investigation, the FBI says the newly recovered footage could help identify the masked suspect.
After years of emergency calls to their Garland home, the family of Robert Schmidt found a heartfelt way to thank the Station One firefighters who cared for him.
More than a year into his second term, President Trump has maintained an aggressive approach to immigration.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Fort Worth police say the suspect fled after the shooting but was arrested the next day.
Ten days into the investigation, the FBI says the newly recovered footage could help identify the masked suspect.
After years of emergency calls to their Garland home, the family of Robert Schmidt found a heartfelt way to thank the Station One firefighters who cared for him.
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The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Fort Worth police say the suspect fled after the shooting but was arrested the next day.
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