Deputies say a 78-year-old man shot and killed his wife’s son after the son tried to break up a fight between the couple.
A woman was airlifted to a hospital Wednesday morning after officials said she was shot by her boyfriend in west Harris County moments before he turned the gun on himself.
It’s unclear exactly how the shooting unfolded, but preliminary information indicates the man was playing dice in a common area. An argument then broke out with at least one other man, and things escalated, and he was shot multiple times.
There were reports of a carjacking in the area, HPD noted, but it’s unclear if it was related to the shooting, and it is part of HPD’s ongoing investigation.
A manhunt is underway for Jose Osman Aguilar Cantillano, a 32-year-old accused of a deadly shooting outside Cleveland's Las Locas Sports Bar.
Deputies said they found the woman at the end of a cul-de-sac, dead from at least two gunshot wounds but about nine shell casings were found near her body.
Doorbell video showed the ex-boyfriend assaulting the woman, leaving her with bruises and scars, according to investigators. When the friend tried to intervene, police said the ex turned on him as well.
Officials have said one of the six people shot outside a bar in Liberty County early Sunday morning has succumbed to their injuries, adding a second person to the death toll.
A prank that led to an 11-year-old boy being shot to death in Houston’s Eastside has left many questions unanswered. The case has sparked a lot of conversation about the Castle Doctrine in Texas, which is a part of the state’s self-defense laws.
According to Houston Police, officers were called to a shooting on Richmond Avenue and Breezewood drive on Saturday night. Investigators said a 31-year-old man was shot multiple times and died at the scene. Police said that officers recovered a gun. Officers detained several people for questioning, but no arrests have been made.
Initial reports were a woman and her husband were having some sort of disturbance in the apartment parking lot when at some point, he shot her and took off in a truck. She died at the hospital.
Officials have not disclosed details of a deadly shooting at the Meera Mexican Food Mart on Grand Avenue and shut down the roadway between 20th and 18th Street while they conduct their investigation.
A man accused in the shooting death of a contract worker early Wednesday morning outside of a Houston business has been taken into custody on Thursday, the Houston Police Department announced.
A man accused in the shooting death of a contract worker early Wednesday morning outside of a Houston business has been taken into custody on Thursday, the Houston Police Department announced.
Investigators said a driver pulled up to a business where a man was working outside. The two exchanged words when, at some point, the driver got out and shot the worker before fleeing the scene.
Investigators said a man was killed and a woman was hurt after a shooting when they were trying to pick up a family member.
Police say a man in a truck got into an argument with at least five people. At some point, someone in the group hurled a brick at his truck, and someone else then started shooting at his truck, killing the man inside.
Investigators said there appeared to be several shooters who fired into a crowd of about 25 to 30 teenagers during a pool party at an apartment complex.
Witnesses said the man was looking for some people and left, but came back and found them, and an altercation broke out in the parking lot.
Authorities said a crowd of people were outside the club when a car drove by and someone inside shot at the crowd, shooting about seven people, killing at least two of them. The motive is still under investigation, and the search for the gunmen continues.
Houston police have not disclosed what led up to the incident, but said they are investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting involving a barricaded suspect, and no officers were hurt.
Investigators said they saw the burglary suspect with a gun in his hand when a nearby sergeant (responding to a separate call) came across the gunman and told him to put the gun down, which he refused, causing the officer to shoot him, killing him.
Galveston police are searching for a Hispanic man in a red shirt and blue jeans, driving a newer model white truck, following a fatal shooting on the 1000 block of 44th Street early Thursday morning.
Additional details have been released in court Wednesday on the suspect charged in connection with a deadly shooting where two men were ambushed and killed during their daily early morning walks near a southwest Houston park.
An arrest has been made in connection with a deadly shooting where two men were ambushed and killed during their daily early morning walks near a southwest Houston park, according to the Houston Police Department.
Authorities are piecing together what led up to a deadly shooting where two people were found in a southwest Houston park.
Bodycam video showed the moment when officers broke the window, opened the door, and deployed a taser while trying to get him out as well as a close-up of the knife in Ishamel Davis' hand.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for 55-year-old Oscar Rosales, who was found guilt of killing Precinct 5 Corporal Charles Galloway during a traffic stop in 2022.
Preliminary evidence shared by Houston police is that there was an ongoing issue between the employee, his manager, and the manager’s brother.
Actor Jonathan Joss, 59, best known for playing the voice of John Redcorn on the animated series “King of the Hill,” has died in San Antonio on Sunday, a law enforcement source confirmed.
Harris County deputies were called to do a welfare check at an apartment early Monday morning, when they found a man dead from several gunshot wounds.
Two men, Jordan T. Smith and Desmore Letre Modlist, have been arrested and charged in connection with a deadly home invasion shooting in southeast Houston.
Officials said a weapon was found, but couldn't disclose if that was the weapon used to kill the man. Deputies also detained several witnesses and the man's suspected killer.
According to Harris County Sheriff’s Deputies, they responded to a call at a home on Avenue C and Avenue D at 7:30 on Friday evening.
Investigators said two men tried to break into the woman's home when her boyfriend told her to hide and shot at them. One of the men tried fleeing, but the other, later revealed to be the woman's ex, died from the gunshots.
Preliminary evidence shared by Houston police is that there was a group of two men and a woman, one of whom got into an argument with an unidentified man and shot him to death before all three fled.
It's unclear what led up to the shooting, but police said witnesses called 911 after they heard gunshots in the area and found a man gunned down outside the apartment building.
Houston began the month with police shooting a man who they say led them on a chase in a stolen SUV. The next day, Mayor John Whitmire announced a five-year contract agreement with the police officers’ union.
It's believed the two men may have entered the officer's backyard while fleeing a drive-by shooting, but the Sheriff's Office is still working to confirm that.
Authorities in northwest Houston are trying to piece together what led up to a double shooting late Tuesday night, where a woman was killed and left another man seriously hurt.
Investigators said that after security asked the man sleeping in his car to leave, a deputy arrived, and backup had to be called when he refused.
Authorities say the woman's ex-boyfriend shot and killed her as she got out of her girl friend's car when they were coming back from a club.
Houston police said it's unclear what led up to the shooting and the surveillance video they reviewed so far shows no interaction between the man and the shooter before everything unfolded.
It's unclear if anyone has been hit by the gunfire, but deputies said the gunman may have since barricaded himself in the apartment.
Police believe the gunman fired their weapon from the driveway at the Sonic Drive-In, where they found the shell casings, hitting the man several times while crossing the street.
A suspected shooter is in serious condition after turning the gun on himself after killing two women in what appears to be an attempted murder-suicide Monday night outside a movie theater in Webster.
Deputies were unable to give too many details but confirmed the teenager was shot to death near the basketball court and a person of interest was in custody; it's unclear if they are the shooter.
Police say two men were fighting in a parking lot when another man tried to break them up. One of the men fighting took out a gun and shot the other; the shooter and the man who tried intervening took off.
Police said two men got into a fight at the gas station, which carried into the parking lot until one of them pulled out a gun and shot the other before leaving him to die.
Police said the man was seen breaking into cars in downtown Houston when one car owner and his friends confronted him, that's when he pulled out a gun and started shooting.
Investigators said there were a total of three young men with the 16-year-old girl in the car when the shooting happened, but did not disclose how everything unfolded.
It's unclear how everything unfolded, but police said two men were arguing when things became physical when one of them pulled out a gun and shot the other several times.
Investigators are unsure why the man was killed, but based on how everything unfolded, police believe it was "premeditated."
Investigators said a couple was arguing when witnesses told them a brother-in-law showed up to try and calm things down, but was shot and killed.
It's unclear what led up to the shooting, but police said a man and woman were sitting inside the car when at some point, the man got out and shot the woman, still inside, several times.
It's unclear how everything unfolded but police said a large group of people were in the gas station parking lot when things got tense and a man was found shot to death.
Police said the man, believed to be in his 20s, recently moved from Louisiana to Houston just two days ago, so it’s unclear why he was shot to death.
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Corey Dontaye James, 21, is accused of shooting two people in Fourth Ward during an argument about an Xbox, killing one of them.
Investigators said they were called to a taco truck near Telephone Road and found two men shot inside a car. One of them died, and another was rushed to a nearby trauma center.
Houston police were called three times for family disturbances until investigators said the two brothers' mom fainted and hit her head. That's when a heated argument between both brothers turned deadly.
In Houston, a tragic shooting at a teen pop-up club resulted in the deaths of 14-year-old Azyria Bankhead and a 16-year-old boy, with four other teens injured.
Houston Police Department said two 16-year-olds were killed, and 3 other people, including a 13-year-old, were shot in North Houston.
Houston police are asking for help identifying two suspects in the deadly shooting of a woman at a convenience store on Lockwood Drive Friday evening.
Sheriff Gonzalez says it appears several people live at the home, ranging from young kids to adults. The shooter was recently kicked out but came back and an argument erupted between him and the homeowner.
Investigators are piecing together what led up to a woman's death after her body was found, with a deadly gunshot wound, in the middle of the street.
Witnesses told investigators they did not see what happened but heard the gunfire and saw a car speeding away from the scene, where they later found a 17-year-old boy shot to death.
A man was killed Wednesday when officers were conducting what has only been described as a “warrant service” that escalated into gunfire exchanged. It's unclear if the man shot was a suspect.
Police said the shootout involved two groups of people and found a man shot to death and caught two people after a brief chase that ended in a crash.
Investigators are piecing together how a fight Tuesday night between three men escalated into one of them getting shot and left for dead in west Houston.
Investigators say a man grabbed what appeared to be a shovel and broke a glass window to one of the houses but was shot by a nearby homeowner, killing him.
Officers believe there may have been 4 people in the home when the shooting went down. The third person was the roommate, who found the victim but investigators said he did not see what happened.
Detectives say two women and three children, ranging from ages 2 to 9-years-old were in the victim's car. Surveillance video also showed someone taking something from the victim after he was shot.
The initial call to the Harris County Sheriff's Office was for an auto-pedestrian accident but when deputies arrived, they found an unidentified man in his 40s with gunshot wounds. Witnesses also reported seeing 2 men running from the car he was in shortly after he was shot.
Houston police said three men asked another for $20 at a food truck. That man went to get the $20, but investigators say he returned with a pistol -- he didn't shoot it but pointed it at the three others, and they shot him.
Police said the man tried to walk back to his house but collapsed before reaching it. He was later found by his pregnant wife, along with their small son, and tried to perform CPR, but he died from his injuries.
Investigators say at least 15 shots were fired at the original crime scene and several shell casings were recovered. A little more than 2 miles away, a man hit a fence and was found shot to death inside his crashed-out car.
Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said Kerry Cunningham tried breaking into his estranged wife's apartment and shot and killed Clifton Johnson, who recently arrived in Houston from Florida.
