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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Unseasonably hot weather will continue through the work week with little hope for rain over the next several days. Temperatures Monday morning will only drop to 80 degrees and then will rise back up into the upper 90s by Monday afternoon. Heat index values should top out between 102-105. How long will the triple digit days …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A 7-year-old is dead after being wounded in a drive-by shooting while inside his bedroom in east Harris County. The sheriff’s office’s homicide unit said that authorities were called to 13800 McNair in the Cloverleaf area at about 10:45 p.m. Sunday after someone inside a silver car pulled up to a trailer home and fired …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An 18-year-old was shot and killed while being followed during a walk from a convenience store in southeast Houston, police say. At 9:56 p.m., officers responded to a shooting at the 5000 block of Doolittle Blvd., according to police. The teen was leaving a convenience store on Doolittle Blvd. when a black sedan began to follow …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Charging documents reveal new details about how HPD were able to link a suspect to the murder of Felicia Johnson, who went missing nearly two months ago. Police believe she was dismembered and removed from Chukwuebuka Nwobodo’s apartment. Her remains have not been found and investigators believe the suspect did extensive research to cover up the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Two minors, aged 12 and 14-years-old, were shot in northeast Houston, police say. The shooting happened just after 10 p.m. on Saturday in the 5400 block of Rand Street. Officers believe there was a fight between the two minors and others in a black four-door car with tinted windows before the shooting. Houston police said the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A high school senior who was killed in a shooting on April 23 was honored on Sunday by her classmates. She received her diploma at what should have been her graduation. Nariah Champion, 18, was shot and killed when a 17-year-old was playing with a loaded handgun back the morning of April 23. She never got to …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Two people were killed in a two-vehicle crash on the Eastex Freeway on Sunday afternoon, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. At about 3 p.m., HCSO deputies responded to the crash in the 11800 block of the Eastex Freeway. Witnesses told HCSO they saw a Dodge RAM driving at high speeds before hitting a Kia …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Three suspects didn’t get very far after they attempted to steal an ATM in northwest Houston, police said. Early Saturday morning, officers responded to a report of suspicious activity at a Capital One bank on Blalock, near the Katy Freeway. Police said the ATM appeared ripped from its foundation after posting pictures of the destroyed ATM. …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A man is in serious condition after being shot several times at a construction site on Saturday in northwest Harris County, deputies say. At about 1:25 a.m., deputies responded to a shooting in the 12800 block of North Roslyn St. after a man called police saying he had been shot. Upon arrival, deputies said the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police are asking for the public’s help locating a woman diagnosed with dementia who was last seen at the 70 block of Lyerly St in Houston Friday afternoon. Police believe it is possible Elisa Duarte, 66, may have gotten on the Metro rail or a Metro bus. Duarte is described as a 4 feet and …