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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Historic row houses in the Freedman’s Town area have fallen into disrepair and brought dangerous crime to the neighborhood. Freedman’s Town is a historic neighborhood where the first free Black men and women settled in Houston. Worn-down homes are the few original houses that remain from that period. Dropped in the middle of condos and trendy restaurants, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Family members of a shoplifting suspect, who was shot to death while pinned down by a Harris County sheriff’s deputy last year, are set to gather Saturday night at a candlelight vigil in his honor. July 8 marks one year since the death of Roderick Brooks. Body camera video was released of the shooting that happened at …