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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Flying high above the pine trees of Piney Point Village, a humming drone is changing the world of police work for Memorial Villages Police Department. “When we’re actually flying it, I call it, ‘Air One,'” Community Resource Officer Larry Boggus said. For years the drone has acted as an eye in the sky for the small police …

SPRING, Texas (KTRK) — A 33-year-old man was taken to a mental health facility after his car broke down and he allegedly started shooting at a paramedic supervisor who stopped to help him Tuesday morning in Spring, officials said. Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies said at about 4 a.m., an EMS supervisor heading to work happened to drive by a man …

HOUSTON, Texas — The Houston Texans made a surprise cut and released veteran running back Marlon Mack on Tuesday. The Texans signed Mack to a one-year deal in March after his four-year stint with the Indianapolis Colts. Mack was relegated to 32 carries over the past two seasons after he tore his Achilles in 2020 and the emergence of Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor last season. The …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A 22-year-old man accused of killing a father over a spot in a Walmart parking lot has posted bond. Christopher David Hernandez is charged with Joshua Lazard’s murder after police said he shot and killed the stranger in broad daylight. “If it’s something as stupid as a parking spot, come on,” Lazard’s wife, Itasca Dickson, told. “I’m …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man has been arrested and charged in the deadly shooting of an 18-year-old in southeast Houston, according to police. Dione Mathis, 23, also known as Dione Brown, is charged with the murder of 18-year-old Kelvin Shaver, according to the Houston Police Department. On June 11 at 9:55 p.m., HPD officers said they responded to a shooting …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Returning to the site of an apartment complex where a fire and deadly ambush-style shooting took place over the weekend was extremely difficult for survivors and family members of those who were killed. The Houston Police Department said dispatch received multiple calls shortly after 1 a.m. on Sunday about a fire and “person down” near Dunlap and …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An adult hospitalized with various severe illnesses as well as a presumptive positive monkeypox case has died, Harris County officials said on Monday. Harris County Public Health did not identify the person who died at a hospital in the county on Sunday, adding that an autopsy will determine what role, if any, monkeypox may have played in …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Grab your umbrella! We will see another round of heavy downpours and thunderstorms on Tuesday. The plume of deep tropical moisture that arrived on Monday stays in place. Combine that with an upper level storm system in west Texas and some areas will be in for a good soaking Tuesday afternoon. Similar to Monday, scattered showers will …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police are working to determine why a man and his dog were walking across the Gulf Freeway when they were hit and killed overnight. It happened just before 2 a.m. Tuesday in the 4200 block of I-45 Gulf Freeway near Lockwood. Police said a couple traveling in a minivan hit the man and his dog as …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Monkeypox has hit Houston-area classrooms. Two separate campuses – one in north Houston and the other in Fort Bend ISD – confirmed cases of the virus on Monday. Here is how officials announced the cases and what each school is doing in response: IDEA Public Schools, Hardy campus IDEA Public Schools, a national charter school network with …