After a string of recent attacks at parks in our area, KPRC 2’s Re’Chelle Turner is digging into ways you can stay safe. She spent the day learning simple yet effective techniques you can use if you’re ever confronted.

A 16-year-old faces a charge of attempted aggravated sexual assault after investigators say he attacked at least two women at Jesse Jones Park in northern Harris County.

A Blue Alert has been issued and the FBI is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a man, considered the last suspect on the run following an attack on law enforcement outside a North Texas ICE detention center.

First responders are the ones who rush toward danger. The sounds of gunfire, the raging flames, all to save lives.

As the conflict between Israel and Iran escalates, some Americans have found themselves caught in the crossfire on the ground in Israel as missiles fall from the sky.

Investigators believe someone at the apartment broke up a fight between about 4 men, but police were later called to the scene shortly afterward, where one of the men was stabbed to death.

The family of 24-year-old Gavin Melchor is asking the public to help them identify three suspects in connection to his killing. They said Gavin had left Rodeo Houston and was using the ATM at a nearby Valero when the incident occurred.

The family of 24-year-old Gavin Melchor is asking the public to help them identify three suspects in connection to his killing. They said Gavin had left Rodeo Houston and was using the ATM at a nearby Valero when the incident occurred.

Investigators said Denzel Jamell Nixson, 36, was arguing with his wife, who called her father out of fear things would escalate. When her father arrived, police said Nixson shot him three times.

With many students at the University of Houston feeling uneasy, some are changing their routines to enhance their safety.

Shamsud Din-Jabbar drove his truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street early on New Year’s Day. He was killed in a shootout with police. The FBI described it as a terrorist attack.

A blood drive is being held at the New Orleans Blood Center to support victims of the New Year's Day attack on Bourbon Street

Officials have released details that provide a glimpse into the motive of the man behind the truck attack that killed 15 people in New Orleans early on New Year’s Day.

FBI Houston says they along with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office are near the intersection of Hugh Road and Crescent Peak Drive.

Yellow police tape spans for roughly three city blocks in New Orleans French Quarter the evening after a man drove a truck down Bourbon Street and into a crowd of people celebrating the new year.

FBI Houston says they along with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office are near the intersection of Hugh Road and Crescent Peak Drive.

Investigators said when David Banda was advised that charges for reckless driving were accepted, "he slipped his restraints to the front of his body and attempted to disarm the deputy."

Authorities arrested Anthony Ray Boyce, 56, for assaulting a disabled veteran Earl Hollins over a parking space. He died at the hospital days later.

Authorities arrested Anthony Ray Boyce, 56, for assaulting a disabled veteran Earl Hollins over a parking space. He died at the hospital days later.

At least one person has been arrested after Houston Police say multiple suspects were involved in an assault on a man outside a McDonald’s restaurant.

After a woman was attacked while jogging at Memorial Park, Houston's Runner’s High Club shares safety tips. #RunningSafety #Houston #MemorialPark

According to the Houston Police Department, the incident happened around 5 a.m. Saturday in the 6500 block of Memorial Drive.

A Houston teen was sentenced to 30 years in prison Thursday for his role in three attacks, including one in Houston’s Chinatown that left a woman paralyzed from a jugging incident, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced.

Two Houston residents have been ordered to federal prison after beating and carjacking an Uber driver, the United States Department of Justice announced Thursday.

A man has been charged for beating his uncle to death and assaulting his mother before setting a Sunnyside home on fire in January, the Houston Police Department said.

A suspect is in custody after allegedly attacking a family in their New York City home with a hammer, fatally striking the woman and seriously injuring her two young children, authorities said Wednesday.

A former Conroe ISD bus aide who was caught on video attacking a 17-year-old student on a bus last week has been arrested, a source told KPRC 2.

A patron at a smokehouse in Centerville unloaded gunfire on a Houston man accused of attacking customers and knocking an elderly man unconscious Monday, the Leon County Sheriff’s Office said.

A man was arrested and charged for biting a peace officer with Constable Mark Herman’s Office in north Harris County Saturday, authorities said.

In his written deposition to Montgomery police, filed hours after he was attacked at the city’s riverfront last weekend, dock worker Damien Pickett said he “hung on for dear life” as he was pummeled by a group of white boaters who disregarded his requests to move their boat so a dinner cruise vessel could dock.

Two suspects facing misdemeanor assault charges after a group of white men attacked a Black dockworker in a brawl on the Montgomery riverfront surrendered to police Wednesday, authorities said.

One man has surrendered and arrest warrants were issued for two others after a massive brawl that stemmed from a worker being attacked at Riverfront Park in Montgomery, Alabama Saturday.

Several people were put in handcuffs after a massive brawl that stemmed from a worker being attacked at Riverfront Park in Montgomery, Alabama Saturday.

A snake fell out of the sky and landed on a woman mowing her yard.The bizarre incident didn’t stop there. Peggy Jones was then attacked by a hawk.

Harris County sheriff’s deputies are asking for the public’s help in locating a suspect who attacked an 80-year-old man last Tuesday, causing him to break his hip.

Police in Conroe said a woman was attacked by an unknown man while in a park Wednesday morning.

A man was flown to an Austin hospital after authorities said he was attacked by bees in Fayette County.

A Houston area man says he ended up in the Intensive Care Unit after being jumped and robbed while biking on the Columbia Tap trail, and now, his family members are sending a warning to others.

Authorities said before the attack, the teen was granted parole for his previous felony theft charge, and arrangements were being made for his release.

A man is behind bars after investigators say he confessed to robbing and beating a 68-year-old disabled man. “I figured he was going to kill me. He was apologizing and telling me lies every time he hit me. He’s a bad guy,” the victim, Stan Burge, said.

The rapper's attorney said three or four people attacked him while he was in a sauna.

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is considering recommending the Justice Department pursue three criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, including insurrection.

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack will make criminal referrals to the Justice Department.

The House Jan. 6 committee has postponed a hearing scheduled for Wednesday as a hurricane hurtles toward the Florida coast.

A man is in the hospital after officers with the Houston Police Department said he was attacked with a shovel at an IHOP in north Houston Thursday.

Ten years ago Thursday morning, the bodies of two young women were discovered in brush along a trail in Portland, Texas. Nineteen-year-old Mollie Olgin was found dead. Eighteen-year-old Kristene Chapa was clinging to life. Both teens had been shot in the head.

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is going public with its findings.

A dolphin went on the attack at Miami Seaquarium and it was all captured on camera, KPRC sister station WPLG reported Monday.

The 14-year-old who was brutally attacked after she got off the bus near Highland Creek Ranch Park on Tuesday is sharing what happened.

BRUTAL ATTACK: Disturbing video shows what witnesses say was a ruthless beatdown of an 8th-grade middle school student right after she got off the bus. Witnesses say a mother, along with her two daughters were the ones responsible for the attack.

A man is speaking out after he said he was attacked by an Uber driver in northwest Harris County.

A father was brutally beaten and robbed inside a grocery store, causing him to lose his left eye.

Stitches surrounded Elliott Reed’s bloodshot left eye as he detailed his injuries from the morning he thought he would never be able to see again.

A man has been arrested in Texas, accused of plotting to carry out a mass shooting at a Walmart.

Thirty-five House Republicans have joined Democrats and voted to create a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

This image taken from surveillance video provided by the New York City Police Department shows a person of interest in connection with an assault of an Asian American woman, Monday, March 29, 2021, in New York. The NYPD is asking for the public's assistance in identifying the man. (Courtesy of New York Police Department via AP)

KATY, Texas – The Houston SPCA and Harris County Constable Precinct 1 are investigating a violent attack on a dog by his owner after it was all caught on video. VIDEO WARNING: The following video contains materials that may be harmful or traumatizing to some audiences. The video, which was released Monday morning, shows the owner repeatedly striking the dog more than 20 times. “The owner of this dog should be aware that people are watching, and [that he] better [not] treat his animal like that again. AdThe dog has been seized from the home and is now being evaluated by a veterinarian.

SUGAR LAND, Texas – Fifty-two stitches later, Mrs. Tejani said she looks 100 percent better than after the disturbing attack that happened outside her Sugar Land home, but the impact of the early November attack remains. The disturbing attack in the 20 block of Wilmington Court on Nov. 5 just after 7 p.m., according to police. Tejani was attacked by a man in the street in front of her house while taking out the trash. Tejani said the vehicle was outside her home for more than an hour before the attack. Police said the attack is on video, but an edited version of the attack will be released not showing the attack.

HOUSTON – A man is in custody after another man man was stabbed to death Monday morning in what appears to be a random attack in southeast Houston, police say. #hounews pic.twitter.com/Gyy7UhtMsl — Houston Police (@houstonpolice) November 9, 2020HPD Homicide’s Sgt. Mark Holbrook said the man then stabbed another passerby. A Harris County Precinct 7 Constable’s Office deputy drove by and called in the stabbing and the suspect was taken into custody. The motive is unclear, as no one seems to know the suspect and the victims did not know each other.

TUNIS Tunisian authorities say that they have arrested seven people suspected of involvement in a deadly weekend attack that left one security officer dead and another wounded. National guard spokesman Housameddine Jbabli said Monday on Radio Shems that seven suspects are being held by anti-terrorism authorities. The Islamic State group's Amaq agency carried a brief claim of responsibility on Monday for the attack. Among the seven detained is the wife of one of the dead attackers and the two brothers of another. Sousse was the site of Tunisias deadliest extremist attack in 2015, when a massacre killed 38 people, most of them British tourists.

Four guys can be seen walking up to another man leaving an Exxon convenience store in Harris County and beating him up. “He comes up to me, kicks me in the face, and screams, “Black Lives Matter, b****!” Mason said. “They started, like, mocking me and stuff.”Surveillance footage shows the group waiting outside and approaching Mason as soon as he left the store. “That’s not what the (Black Lives Matter) movement is about,” Mason said. “Not to be used as an excuse (for violence).”“That’s not what this movement is about,” Kelli said in agreement.