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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A plan to combat untraceable guns is expected to come out of Washington D.C. this week, which could help police fight crime in Houston. In January, exclusively caught video of a shootout between Houston police and a suspect. The standoff happened near downtown and injured three officers. The suspect brought ghost guns to this shootout, according …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An argument inside a car Saturday night led to a deadly shooting in southwest Houston, according to police. Police said it happened at about 11 p.m. when there were three people inside a car driving down South Post Oak and 610. At some point, police said the front and backseat passengers got into an argument and …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The death of an 18-year-old initially thought to be suicide is now believed to be the result of a crash, court documents show, and one man faces charges. Herminio Orozco, 21, is charged with failure to stop and render aid in an accident involving the death of Jesslyn Zuniga. On February 6, Houston police were called …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The 35th annual Art Car Parade returned to downtown Houston to show off hundreds of mobile masterpieces. Parade Grand Marshal Bun B led the parade of wacky cars through Houston’s streets as they displayed their artwork and vision. Missed the Art Car Parade? Here are some highlights from Saturday. For more information on all the events …

HOUSTON, Texas — Houston’s matriarch of real estate has passed away. Martha Fuller Turner, the pioneering, self-made, consummate local success story, died in Houston, surrounded by her family. She was 81. “We are heartbroken over Martha’s passing,” Robin Conner, president of Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty, tells CultureMap. “She was a deeply respected leader in the Houston real estate community and an …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man was injured after a carjacking incident in the Gulfton area on Saturday morning, according to Houston police. At about 4 a.m., the victim got into an argument with another man on Renwick Drive near Westpark Drive, police say. The victim was shot in the arm and carjacked, police say. He was taken to the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A suspect is hospitalized after being shot by police on Saturday evening in northwest Houston. At about 5: 50 p.m., a bar owner called Houston police to remove an armed suspect from the bar on the 700 block of West Mount Houston Road. The bar owner told investigators that the suspect threatened customers with a gun …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Two suspects were killed, and one remains in critical condition after a police chase ended in a crash in northwest Harris County on Saturday afternoon, according to Harris County Constable Mark Herman. At about 3:43 p.m., three catalytic converter theft suspects led deputies into a chase on the eastbound lanes of State Highway 99 at …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A hundreds of union janitors across Houston met together to discuss raising their pay on Saturday afternoon. The room was filled with signs in Spanish and English that read “$15 now.” That’s the demand. Janitors say with a rise in prices in so many things across our area and nation, they believe their wages should increase …

NEW YORK (AP) – Two Black coaches joined Brian Flores on Thursday in his lawsuit alleging racist hiring practices by the NFL when there are vacancies for coaches and general managers. The updated lawsuit in Manhattan federal court added coaches Steve Wilks and Ray Horton. The lawsuit said Wilks was discriminated against by the Arizona Cardinals in 2018 when he …