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KATY, Texas (KTRK) — An 18-year-old was shot amid a hail of gunfire in a Katy area neighborhood overnight. Deputies said dozens of rounds were fired on Harris Mill Drive near Westfield just after 10 p.m. Bullet holes could be seen on the cars and evidence markers litter the street where several shell casings were found. Deputies said it started …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man is dead and woman injured in a shooting after a fight near a club in southwest Houston, police say. It happened around 3 a.m. in the 7900 block of Southwest Freeway near Beechnut. Police said two groups got into a fight over something at a nearby club, then the shooter got into a car …

US imposes visa sanctions on Pakistan Pakistan is the latest to join the list of 10 nations that have been imposed with sanctions under a US law. Washington: The US has imposed sanctions on Pakistanafter Islamabad refused to take back its citizen deportees and visaover-stayers from America, warning that it may withhold visas of Pakistanis beginning from its senior officials. …

A police cadet accidentally shot two other cadets when his loaded handgun went off in the middle of their law enforcement class Thursday night in Texas City, according to authorities. The cadets were attending a class at the College of the Mainland Law Enforcement Training Academy when the weapon fired around 7:40 p.m., Texas City police spokesman Cpl. Allen Bjerke …

All westbound lanes of the Katy Freeway are closed after a serious crash involving a big rig Friday morning. The crash happened around 3:40 a.m. in the westbound lanes of the freeway near Pederson Road  in Waller County, according to Houston TranStar. At least two vehicles, including an 18-wheeler, are involved in the wreck near Brookshire. MORNING UPDATES: Get all the …

TEXAS CITY, Texas (KTRK) — Police said drivers escaped with only minor injuries after two vehicles hit a loose cow in Texas City. One of those vehicles burst into flames. It happened just after 1 a.m. Friday on SH-146 near the Chase Park subdivision in Texas City. Police said a truck and SUV slammed into the cow. The SUV hit the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The mother of the young teen seen on video in a fight with Kashala Francis says she does not want her daughter depicted as a monster. Johnnie Dorsey sat down for an exclusive interview with ABC13 Eyewitness News and opened up about what this week has been like. RELATED: 13-year-old dies after fight outside middle school in …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police are investigating after a man was hit and killed on the Pierce Elevated on I-45 early Friday morning near downtown Houston, police say. Officers first told us this may have started with an argument between two men inside of a car, but they’re still investigating the circumstances. The men, who are in their 20s, were …

Road crews are working to clear a large crash involving a semi on I-10 westbound at Pederson in Waller County. All mainlanes are blocked. The incident is listed as a hazardous materials spill on the Houston Transtar website. There’s no word what led up to the crash or whether there were any injuries. Expect delays.

More than 100 workers were killed in Houston in 2018, and leaders are now working to lower that number for the years to come. Those deaths in the Houston area accounted for about 20 percent of workplace deaths statewide in 2018, according to a Houston Chronicle report detailing a pilot program aimed at preventing future fatalities. The article outlines how labor …