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HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — An investigation is underway after a man and a woman died while awaiting trial in Harris County Jail custody. On Wednesday, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office sent a release about the deaths that took place just days apart. The first death happened on Nov. 13. Authorities said that on Oct. 29, 60-year-old Robert Shelton was taken …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Authorities said multiple people were hospitalized when a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper’s vehicle was involved in a major crash after a pursuit in west Harris County on Tuesday night. DPS confirmed that it is investigating the incident that also involved an 18-wheeler in the area of Mason Road, where Colonial Parkway turns into Park …

Authorities are investigating after human remains were found behind a business in Tarrant County Monday morning, the sheriff’s office announced. About 9:30 a.m., Tarrant County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the 12000 block of Camp Bowie West Boulevard, where someone reported finding “a human skeleton,” according to a Monday news release. The remains were discovered behind a business “in an area not …

Authorities have arrested a man accused of fatally shooting a man and wounding another in McKinney on July 4, police said. About 11 p.m., officers were notified of a shooting in the 700 block of Bumpas Street, police said. Responding officers found two men who had been shot in an apartment complex, according to police. One of the men, 28-year-old Christian Ross, …

Authorities in Ellis County took a suspect into custody Friday evening after an hourslong search during which nearby residents were asked to stay inside and lock their doors. About 1 p.m. Ellis County sheriff’s deputies learned that a tow truck hit a police officer’s patrol vehicle in Rice, about 40 miles southeast of Dallas, then continued north into Ellis County, …

Authorities in Ellis County took a suspect into custody Friday evening after a hours-long search in which nearby residents were asked to stay inside and lock their doors. About 1 p.m., authorities were conducting an investigation near U.S. Highway 287 and Ennis Parkway, on the west side of Ennis, the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. The …

A wrong-way driver caused a deadly head-on collision early Saturday morning near the Oak Lawn and Love Field neighborhoods, officials say. The crash occurred about 4:35 a.m. on the Dallas North Tollway, the Texas Department of Public Safety said in a news release. Connor Steyer, 27, was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of the tollway, where his 2019 Mazda …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A 25-year-old man jailed for capital murder died after he was found unconscious in his cell, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. On Wednesday, the sheriff’s office shared that a detention officer was delivering food to David Garner’s cell at about 10:36 a.m. when he was found unconscious. Another detention officer performed CPR on Garner …

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (KTRK) — An arrest has been made in a monthslong investigation into the death of an infant found inside a gas station restroom in southwest Houston, according to authorities. The arrest, which involves migrant Mexican national Guadalupe Zavala Lopez, took place on Tuesday at a Brownsville, Texas, bus station, where multiple law enforcement officers, including those from two different …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A sergeant and a senior police officer have been suspended after being arrested in the same week during separate incidents, according to the Houston Police Department. On Wednesday, Sr. Police Officer Stephen Martinez was off-duty when he allegedly used his elbow to hit his girlfriend at a home in Harris County, according to charging documents. Martinez was …