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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police are trying to figure out why a man was standing in the middle of an I-45 north entrance ramp near downtown when he was hit and killed. Houston Police said the man was on the Allen Parkway entrance ramp to the freeway when he was hit by a rideshare driver around 3 a.m. Tuesday. The driver …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The search is on for the shooter responsible for killing a 16-year-old while he was in a parked car with his mother at a southeast Houston apartment complex Saturday night. The Houston Police Department received the call at about 9:30 p.m. to the Crystal Springs Apartments near Selinsky Road and Sesame Street, not far from Thomas Middle …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Jurlisa Gipson says she was relaxing in her living room at the Broadstone Briar Forest Apartments when she heard a single shot. “I just heard a ‘POW,’ one little pow, and I kind of got alarmed, but I went about my daily duties,” Gipson said. She says she got ready for the day and went to get …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A two-year-old boy is dead after police say a driver backing up in a southwest Houston apartment complex hit and killed the child while he was playing outside. Houston police responded to the apartments at 6031 Ranchester near Bellwood at about 7:40 p.m. on Sunday. Officials said the child was playing in the parking lot when a …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A 26-year-old man was found shot to death after being kicked out of a Bombshells restaurant in southeast Houston Sunday morning, according to police. Police said the man’s body was found by a witness next to the feeder road of the Gulf Freeway at Fuqua Street at about 12:30 a.m. The Houston Police Department released a photo …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — In This Week in Texas, speaks with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg about the looming debt ceiling crisis. He discusses why the White House is pushing back on the Republican plan to raise the nation’s debt limit ceiling while also cutting expenses. We also talk with two members of the Texas Legislative Budget Conference Committee. State …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Authorities say at least two people, including one firefighter, were sent to the hospital after an ambulance-involved crash in west Houston on Sunday. The Houston Fire Department said a call came in regarding the incident shortly after 1 p.m. at Katy Freeway and Gessner. An ambulance was transporting a civilian to the hospital when it was involved …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A couple walking their dog overnight in north Harris County discovered a dead body stuffed into a suitcase, according to deputies. Harris County sheriff’s deputies think the body was intentionally dumped by someone in the 22800 block of Imperial Valley Drive near Cypress Slough Drive. Investigators said the body was decomposing and had likely been there …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police say they believe speed may have played a factor in a crash that killed a bicyclist in southwest Houston. Witnesses say they saw a wrecker driver speeding at about 9 p.m. on Beechnut near Braewick before crashing into a man on his bike. “Everyone on this street speeds a lot. I’ve got my family, and …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It was a violent weekend with shootings involving teenagers in the Houston area. Seven teens were shot in separate shootings, two of which were deadly, in the span of just 24 hours. Surveillance footage from a nearby home shows the aftermath of one of the deadly shootings on Majesticbrook Drive. Teens are seen frantically running from what was supposed …