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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A motorcycle driver was killed in a crash on the East Freeway early Sunday morning. Authorities say the man, identified as Christopher Favela, was riding his sports motorcycle in the eastbound lanes at about 5:45 a.m. Another driver, identified by officials as Stephanie Franco, was heading in the same direction on the freeway. According to the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A routine traffic stop along the Katy Freeway prompted a chase that left one person shot and injured. According to a tweet posted by Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, deputies were trying to pull a driver over Thursday afternoon when the chase started. It ultimately ended on the Katy Freeway near Mason Road. Gonzalez said the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A driver in his 20s was rushed to the hospital with gunshot wounds that he suffered in a shooting that may have stemmed from road rage, according to the Harris County sheriff. Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said his deputies responded to the northbound lanes of Eastex Freeway near East Mount Houston at about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. They …

HUMBLE, Texas (KTRK) — Two suspects turned themselves in overnight in connection to a fatal car sale gone bad in northeast Harris County, according to authorities. According to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, 20-year-old Kelvin Shepherd and a friend went to a home located in the 15100 block of Winter Dawn Way to look at a car that was for …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man is being accused of shooting and killing his wife in northwest Harris County and their children were the ones who called 911 for help. It happened in the 9500 block of Walnut Glen Drive, just north of the Jersey Village area, on Wednesday around 5:15 p.m. Patricia Tatum, an aunt of the woman killed, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man was killed and an innocent little girl, who is said to be three and a half years old, was injured during a shooting at an apartment complex in north Harris County, authorities say. It happened in the 900 block of Cypress Station Drive around 7:19 p.m. on Monday. According to an update issued by …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A total of 32 stolen catalytic converters were recovered in northwest Harris County and four suspects were arrested, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez says. According to a Facebook post published by Gonzalez on Saturday, four people tried to get away from deputies during a traffic stop on Friday. When they were caught, he said deputies …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — An adult man and a child were reportedly killed in a multi-vehicle car crash in north Harris County on Saturday night, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s office. The major crash happened at 14700 North Freeway, on the northbound service road near Airtex Drive. Deputies said both the adult and the child were deceased when …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A 9-year-old girl was shot in the head in what Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez described as a drive-by shooting linked to road rage. Deputies responded to the 19900 block of Masters Manor Lane in the Katy area on Friday around 4:40 p.m. A witness told them a man, with his wife and two children in …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A 15-year-old girl was shot in the arm in what Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez is calling a possible road rage incident on the Katy freeway. In a tweet posted Friday night, Gonzalez said the shooting happened along the Katy Freeway near Greenhouse Road. He said a person shot at another vehicle and ended up shooting …