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It’s been just over a year since a 12-year-old girl was attacked while walking to her school bus stop in West Fort Worth. The community stepped up with patrols to protect other children and search for the attacker. He’s now behind bars, and for the first time, the girl is speaking out about what happened to her, and her long road …

A man was shot three times in an apparent road rage incident in Northeast Dallas Friday morning, officials say. According to the Garland Fire Department, they were called to the 11300 block of LBJ Freeway Service Road, near West Kingsley Road, where a man had been shot in an apparent road rage incident. Wintesses at a nearby barbershop told NBC …

Dallas police are asking for the public’s help locating a rape suspect. The victim was sexually assaulted around 11:30 a.m. April 19 near Interstate 635 and U.S. Highway 175 in southeast Dallas, police said Friday. Police released a sketch of the attacker — whom they said was a black man in his mid-20s with a deep voice — as well …

Three people were injured when a juvenile carjacker crashed into a northeast Dallas business Friday night. Police were called about 6:15 p.m. to the 5700 block of East Mockingbird Lane, near Greenville Avenue, where the victim said she had found the juvenile in her 2006 Ford Explorer. She confronted the juvenile, which led to “a brief physical altercation,” police said …

Reassurance is coming from Dallas Police Department. They say they’re doing what they can to protect members of the LGBTQ community. They’re investigating several recent attacks on transgender women, in addition to the murder of Muhlaysia Booker last weekend. A town hall meeting Thursday night was planned long before Booker’s death but it definitely helped shape the conversation. The evening …

AUSTIN — A federal judge in Texas has said victims of the 2017 church massacre in Sutherland Springs can continue their lawsuit against the U.S. government for its role in the shooting. U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez’s Thursday ruling is a huge victory for the nine families in the case, which allows them to put federal authorities on trial for alleged negligence. Rodriguez dismissed the government’s motion to throw out …

Kaden Brown didn’t want to go to the Resource Center alone Thursday. As a black, transgender woman, she always fears attending public events. Now, after Muhlaysia Booker’s death, she’s even more worried. “But you have to show up. If we aren’t here, we are going to continue to attend vigils,” said Brown, who brought her boyfriend along to make her …

Two men face up to life in prison after pleading guilty this month to trafficking charges in connection with a human-trafficking ring operating in Fort Worth and Northlake, federal officials say. Joshua Glaze, 30, pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to commit sex trafficking through force, fraud or coercion. Faizal Sabar, 34, pleaded guilty to the same charge May 13, according to …

Dallas is better than this Re: “Trans woman found slain — Victim of last month’s video-recorded beating fatally shot on street,” Monday Metro & State story. My heart is heavy as I find myself asking, once again, “What kind of a world are we living in?” Within the past few days, three of my transgendered siblings, all women of color, have …

Carrollton police led a 41-year-old man away in handcuffs Tuesday night after a seven-hour standoff at a residential complex. Police were called to the Rosemeade Townhomes in the 1100 block of East Branch Hollow on a tip that a man wanted on a parole violation was there with a motorcycle that had allegedly been stolen, KTVT-TV (Channel 11) reported. The man, Marvin James Jr., punched …