Fired Mesquite Officer's Attorney: 'Politics And Fear' Led To Dismissal
Attorneys for the former Mesquite police officer charged with aggravated assault by a public servant for shooting an unarmed man say he did nothing wrong.
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Attorneys for the former Mesquite police officer charged with aggravated assault by a public servant for shooting an unarmed man say he did nothing wrong.
An immigrant who was in the country illegally was shot and killed Wednesday by a Border Patrol agent in Rio Bravo, Texas, according to US Customs and Border Protection.
When the Houston Rockets suit up for Thursday night's Western Conference finals game, they'll carry onto the court a remembrance of the 10 people who lost their lives in last week's Texas school shooting.
Every school shooting massacre in the United States seems similar, and yet each has its own rhythm.
The Dallas County DA's office released a statement accusing the two police groups of trying to taint the jury pool before the upcoming trial of Derik Wiley.
Two people were shot at the Kliff Club in the 5200 block of Singing Hills Drive last Thursday, May 17.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott's meetings on school violence and safety promised to wade into the thorny issue of gun control with the next round.
Antonios Pagourtzis described in an interview how he told police to let him inside the school so his son, Dimitrios could kill him instead.
The killing of eight students and two teachers last week at Santa Fe High School prompted the governor to call a series of roundtable discussions on school safety, starting Tuesday in Austin.
Amanda Simpson checked out of the hospital less than a week after her ex-husband shot their three children to death along with her current boyfriend before killing himself.
This morning a statewide moment of silence was held to recognize those killed and wounded in the shooting at Santa Fe High School.
Santa Fe High School had conducted active shooter drills and armed police officers patrolled the halls, but authorities continue to keep police response details close after the deadliest public school shooting in Texas history.
After the school shooting in Parkland, Florida left 17 dead Christina Delgado took an unpopular stand for gun control in her home state of Texas... then a teenager walked into Santa Fe High School.
There was an outpouring of love and support Sunday evening for a mother whose three children were killed in a murder-suicide last Wednesday.
Fort Worth police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that started as a police chase out of White Settlement.
The debate about whether American schools are easy targets was renewed hours after the deadly shooting at Santa Fe High School, near Houston, Friday.
"He was a very smart student and was the last person anybody expected to do this," said Christopher Kurrass, who along with classmates ran out of the school as fast as he could to a nearby gas station.
Law enforcement sources told CBS News that the shooter is 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis.
Survivors of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, took to social media to express outrage and heartbreak after the latest school shooting in Texas.
The young man Amy Wilburn shot said his life has been put on hold due to medical complications from the shooting and a pending civil case.
A North Texas mother has taken to social media again to express her grief and give details on her medical condition after her ex-husband came to her home and opened fire on everyone inside.
Authorities say the killing of a Texas man as he was leaving a Kansas City health club was not a random shooting.
Families who don't know Amanda Simpson or her family wanted to find ways to show her they care and they hurt.
The Denton County Sheriff's Department is investigating a shooting at a home in Ponder that left five people dead, consisting of three children and two men, including the shooter.
A 10-year-old girl in Las Vegas is being called a hero after she used her own body as a shield to save her baby brother during a parking lot gun battle.
