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Houston Police Chief Troy Finner has disclosed that in addition to the thousands of adult sex crime cases left unsolved due to staffing shortages, other divisions within the department have suspended tens of thousands more investigations for the same reason. Finner revealed that approximately 264,000 cases since 2016 were suspended department-wide due to a “lack of personnel” coding. This figure …

After officers repeatedly asked a man suspected of capital murder to open a far northeast Dallas apartment, more than 15 rounds of gunfire erupted through the door, aided by a small illegal device that converts ordinary pistols into dangerous machine guns, Chief Eddie García said Monday. Body camera footage released by Dallas police at a news conference shows U.S. marshal task force …

Moments after an 18-year-old wanted on a capital murder charge shot a Dallas police officer in the foot this week, six officers trying to arrest him returned fire, shooting at him about 55 times, police Chief Eddie García said Friday. Joey Cesar Fraire then collapsed in front of a west Oak Cliff apartment building as blood dripped down his legs, …

Ten people injured over the weekend in a shooting outside a South Dallas party venue were “caught up in the crossfire” after at least two gunmen shot at each other, police Chief Eddie García said Monday. Police have not identified any suspects in the early Sunday shooting in the 5200 block of Botham Jean Boulevard, but “it’s pretty clear” that most of those shot …

Fort Worth police released body-camera footage of an officer who fatally shot a man who brandished a gun Sunday afternoon, the city’s police chief says. The officer was not wounded. Officers responded to a call about an attempted carjacking in the 400 block of Fairview Street about 1:30 p.m., Chief Neil Noakes said at a news conference Monday afternoon. Responding …

Dallas police fatally shot a man Monday after he brandished what turned out to be a replica handgun, Chief Eddie García said. Police investigate after officers fatally shot a man armed with a replica gun.(Stewart F. House / Special Contributor) According to García, officers were called to the scene of an attempted carjacking by an armed man in Far North …

Dallas police Chief Eddie Garcia said Tuesday he’s going to direct his officers to make fewer arrests for possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana and instead have them issue citations for the offense. The policy change recognizes that people carrying that amount typically don’t plan to sell it. Also, data has shown low-level drug arrests in Dallas have …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Two men in possession of a rifle were trying to impress two teenage girls when shots were fired near a police substation, HPD said. Police Chief Art Acevedo said it happened around 10:30 p.m. Monday. He said officers were in the parking lot of the HPD substation when they heard four to five shots fired, with …

Police believe they stopped a potential serial rapist after arresting a teenager implicated in two sexual assaults and a third attempted assault. Carlos Eduardo Guevara, 18, was arrested in southwest Houston after he allegedly admitted to sexually assaulting a woman shortly after midnight Tuesday morning, according to Pasadena Police Chief Josh Bruegger. Detectives in Missouri City have also linked Guevara …