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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A 19-year-old man accused of the fatal shooting of a man and wounding of a woman outside of an ice house in southeast Houston early Sunday morning has been arrested, according to police. Trevon Demas, 19, was charged with murder in the 176th State District Court. He is also accused in the killing of Donald James, 29, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Shots fired in a neighborhood on Houston’s south side left a man dead, police said on Friday night. The Houston Police Department posted on X, formerly Twitter, that its Southeast Patrol officers were at a shooting scene in the 11400 block of Duane Street, near Tareyton Lane, in the city’s South Acres/Crestmont Park area. HPD said the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A.J. Armstrong’s own words sealed the deal for the jury. That’s what the two prosecutors who tried Armstrong’s third capital murder case tell in their first sit-down interview since the guilty verdict. Harris County assistant district attorneys John Jordan and Ryan Trask said the 12 jurors who convicted Armstrong told them his 911 call and police interrogation …

HUMBLE, Texas (KTRK) — Multiple charges have been filed against a suspect accused of wounding four law enforcement officers in two separate incidents, sparking an intense manhunt and a dramatic standoff. Terran Green, 34, is charged with four counts of attempted capital murder of a peace officer. He’s accused of injuring three law enforcement officers on Thursday night — two with …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An investigation is underway into the fatal shooting of a man in Houston’s Greater Third Ward Area. At about 2:53 p.m. Thursday, the Houston Police Department tweeted that homicide investigators were responding to a man’s shooting death at 3700 Tierwester near Cleburne Street. Police said the shooting happened at about 12:40 p.m. Additional details were not immediately …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A car repossession in west Houston led to gunfire erupting Wednesday night, leaving one woman shot in the neck and recovering in the hospital. Lt. Ignacio Izaguirre with the Houston Police Department said officers responded to the shooting in the 13900 block of Westheimer at 11:37 p.m. According to police, the woman and her agent partner went …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A new trauma center at Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital, three community clinics for underserved areas, and other improvements to Harris County Health System facilities could be on the way if voters approve a $2.5 billion bond on Nov. 7. Harris County Commissioners Court unanimously approved the bond’s inclusion on the ballot during a special session Thursday …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police said a northwest Houston apartment was targeted by someone with a gun. Now, a 15-year-old boy is recovering in the hospital though it’s unknown if he was the intended target. The shooting happened at about 4:30 a.m. in the 8047 block of Grow Ln at the Quail Creek Apartments on Tidwell near U.S. 290 Thursday …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — St. Thomas High School has been shaping the lives of young men in our community since it was founded in 1900. “We get to take young men and give them purpose, give them opportunities to thrive, to fly, to fall, to make mistakes, but also to create bonds that will last throughout their lives,” Father James Murphy, …

COLLEGE STATON, Texas (KTRK) — The Texas A&M University System’s Board of Regents approved the establishment of the Texas A&M Space Institute and the development of a Texas A&M facility near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston Wednesday. The board’s decision follows the Texas Legislature’s $350 million investment. State Rep. Greg Bonnen, who leads the House Appropriations Committee, introduced House Bill …