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HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — An hourslong search ended in a tragedy when a body was recovered during a search for a 5-year-old boy Thursday evening in west Harris County, authorities said. At about 2:35 p.m., deputies with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a call of a missing 5-year-old boy who wandered off from a home in the …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A Cypress Falls High School student is hospitalized after being shot during a suspected drug deal Tuesday morning behind a shopping center down the street from campus, according to deputies. Now, the search is on for a teenage suspect who’s also believed to be a student. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said the shooting happened at …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A woman died after she was pinned between a house and a car in northwest Harris County, according to deputies. The crash happened just before 9 p.m. Sunday in the 13800 block of West Cypress Forest Drive near Grant and Jones roads. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the driver of a newer-model Ford Explorer was …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A woman died after she was pinned between a house and a car in northwest Harris County, according to deputies. The crash happened just before 9 p.m. Sunday in the 13800 block of West Cypress Forest Drive near Grant Road and Jones Road. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the driver of a newer-model Ford Explorer …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An alleged intoxicated driver is facing charges after authorities say he caused a vehicle crash with a Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy overnight. The crash happened in the 9400 block of East Sam Houston Pkwy North on Friday night near Tidwell. According to HCSO, the driver, identified as Jose Valdez, 26, was spotted by Deputy Howard going …

KATY, Texas (KTRK) — A man accused of slipping out of his handcuffs and escaping while he was being taken into custody has been found and arrested, Harris County Sheriff’s Office said. was the only news crew present when the Harris County Violent Persons Warrant Task Force arrested Braden Findley at a hotel in Katy around 11 a.m. Wednesday. You can …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A pickup driver died after allegedly running a red light and hitting a utility pole, snapping it in half and causing an hours-long power outage, according to deputies. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said the fatal crash happened at about 2:48 a.m. Sunday in the 9000 block of Airline Drive. Deputies said a man in a …

LA PORTE, Texas (KTRK) — Two people were hurt in La Porte because of a lightning strike Sunday evening, according to deputies. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said it responded to the San Jacinto Monument at about 6:40 p.m. Deputies said a man and a woman were walking along a pond at the park when the strike happened. Officials said they …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A person’s body found inside a Spring-area home may have been decomposing for at least two months before deputies began investigating it on Monday, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. HCSO’s homicide investigators began looking into what they described as a “skeletonized” female body at about 5 p.m. in the 20400 block of Long Cypress …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An 18-year-old with an intellectual disability has been found after going missing for the last three days in west Houston, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said. Julio Salazar was found shortly before 5 p.m. on Thursday, the sheriff’s office tweeted. Update, Thursday, June 22 at 4:40 p.m.: Julio Salazar Gonzalez, 18, was found safe. Thank you all …