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Authorities believe a severely emaciated 9-year-old stallion that was found tied to a tree on a vacant lot in north Houston had been there for at least a month’s time before being rescued. Officials with Harris County Precinct 1 Constable Alan Rosen, and animal cruelty investigators with the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) found the horse …

A woman was killed and her body was left in a Far East Dallas street Saturday morning, police said. Officers responded to a shooting call just before 7 a.m. in the 7200 block of Valley Glen Drive, where they found the woman lying face down in the street. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene from “homicidal violence,” but …

A man released from custody for exactly two minutes couldn’t resist a car left unlocked and running outside Arlington police headquarters Thursday morning, authorities say. But his joyride didn’t last long. Victor Angel Aguirre (Arlington Police Department) Victor Angel Aguirre, 21, had been arrested in another city earlier in the week on a misdemeanor Arlington warrant accusing him of fighting in public, jail …

Two people are hospitalized in critical condition after a shooting outside a business in an industrial park northwest of downtown Dallas Thursday afternoon, officials say. Dallas police Sgt. Warren Mitchell said officers were called to 5151 Mercantile Row, Showtech Productions, on a report of an armed encounter. When an officer arrived, witnesses told him that a known, 37-year-old man came …

A man faces a murder charge after police say he admitted to assaulting a woman who died after she was found with severe head trauma in her central Oak Cliff home Tuesday morning. Officers were called about 6:50 a.m. to a home in the 2100 block of West Illinois Avenue, where 69-year-old Telesfora Saldivar was found sitting on a couch with injuries …

A Baytown police officer shot and killed a woman who authorities say struck him with his own Taser when he tried to arrest her on outstanding warrants. The woman was identified as 44-year-old Pamela Turner. The officer, who was not identified by name, is an 11-year veteran of the Baytown Police Department, department spokesman Lt. Steve Dorris said. The confrontation …

A homeless man was wounded in a stabbing Wednesday night in downtown Dallas, police say. Two men, both of whom are homeless, got into an argument about 8:40 p.m. in the 2000 block of Commerce Street, near South Harwood Street and Main Street Garden Park, police said. During the altercation, one man reportedly stabbed the other. Dallas Fire-Rescue took the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man is dead and woman injured in a shooting after a fight near a club in southwest Houston, police say. It happened around 3 a.m. in the 7900 block of Southwest Freeway near Beechnut. Police said two groups got into a fight over something at a nearby club, then the shooter got into a car …

The cards were used at a casino in Oklahoma, police say BENBROOK, Texas — You gotta know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em, know when to walk away, and know when to know you’ll get caught: A man is under investigation by the Benbrook Police Department for using stolen credit cards at Oklahoma casinos. Benbrook Police said …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police say two people are in the hospital after being shot at a hotel party in northwest Houston near west FM 1960. According to police, someone grabbed a gun when an argument broke out around 2:30 a.m. That person fired several rounds, striking two people in the leg. At least one is believed to be a …