Houston police department data shows the number of guns stolen from vehicles has been decreasing over the last three years.

A Houston police officer conducting a traffic escort on a motorcycle died when he was struck by another vehicle Wednesday.

From Spring Branch to SE Houston and Clear Lake to Midtown and Downtown, a lot of people have posted videos on social media of military helicopters flying low to the ground.

Investigators said the car slid along the barricade for a little while before its wheel and suspension broke off and continued skidding down the roadway before coming to a stop.De

RECOGNIZE HIM? Surveillance video from HPD shows the elderly man walking toward the store with his walker when an unidentified man suddenly reaches into his pocket and grabs his cash.

Investigators said the man was checking his car when four people robbed him at gunpoint and then shot him three times.

The Katy Freeway has been shut down in both directions after a caller reported that a bomb was inside of a car on the road.

The Houston Police Department released body worn camera video of moments that led up to the deadly shooting of an armed robbery suspect on Aug. 10.

Houston Independent School District released a statement confirming that a student was hit by a car near Lamar High School Tuesday morning.

Authorities are looking into a crash in downtown Houston involving an HPD officer Tuesday morning.

The exact relationship between the driver and the dead man has not been disclosed yet, but is part of the ongoing investigation.

A man was shot and killed after an argument with his girlfriend in southwest Houston.

A person has been detained following a home invasion Saturday night at an apartment complex in Montrose, according to the Houston Police Department.

The training is ongoing through Sept. 19.

Family members are searching for a missing 23-year-old man last seen Tuesday.

We also learned that the suspect served in the Texas National Guard for more than four years.

Chaos broke out at a southeast Houston apartment pool after a shooting left two men injured, police said. Here’s what we know ⬇️

Texas Center for the Missing has issued a Houston Regional Silver Alert on behalf of the Houston Police Department for 64-year-old Dennis Michael Ramsey.

Investigators said Gonzalo Leon, 42, has been charged with shooting 11-year-old Julian Guzman, who witnesses said was last seen running from a house, after ringing the doorbell, "just prior to suffering a gunshot wound."

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.

Human skeletal remains were found in a wooded area in southwest Houston.

A 10-year-old boy is in critical condition after being shot late Saturday night while playing a prank known as “ding-dong ditch” at a home in the 9700 block of Mimbrough in Houston’s Eastside, police said.

According to Houston Police, At 2 a.m., officers responded to a burglary in progress call on Blue Bell Road and Sweetwater lane.

Two people are recovering after police said they led officers on a chase that ended in a fiery crash in Northeast Houston.

The Houston Police Department responded to a wooded area near Memorial Park after an “unexploded” bomb was found Monday afternoon.

Officials and residents in The Heights say a police cruiser crashed through a fence dangled over a ledge at the pool of a home Sunday afternoon.

A terrifying home invasion ended with two suspects dead late Friday night after they posed as police officers and opened fire on a Southeast Houston home.

A man died after police said he crashed into a utility pole and knocked out power to dozens of customers near Washington Avenue.

Authorities are looking for whoever hit and ran a bicyclist early Friday morning near Houston’s northside.

Police released a sketch of the man, who they say is riding a bicycle in each incident.

The family of 18-year-old Emmanuel Menchaca is demanding justice after he was shot three times by a neighbor while burying his pet guinea pig outside his home in Houston.

After the Houston Police Department boosted pay for officers, agencies across the region are scrambling to keep up and keep their people from leaving for better-paying departments.

The suspect is described as a White man, 30 years old, over 6 feet tall, with blonde hair, and a tattoo of a queen on his arm.

A suspect involved in the fatal stabbing of a bicyclist at a east Houston trail early Aug. 7 has been arrested and charged.

Two people were injured after a shooting in the Acres Homes area.

Police arrested three managers, and two bartenders after a raid at an after-hours club in north Houston.

A pedestrian was both stabbed and struck by a vehicle in an early morning incident on N. Drennan Street in east Houston.

The Houston Police Department’s Robbery Division is offering $5,000 in cash to whoever can help them identify three male suspects involved in an April robbery.

Despite how severe the crash looked, police said the suspected drunk driver and the person in the van he crashed into did not suffer any injuries and declined to be taken to the hospital.

Elite Houston dive teams are in the Texas Hill Country using rare underwater sonar to search 127 miles of the Guadalupe River for the final two victims of the deadly July 4 flood.

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.

A multi-agency task force in the Houston area has arrested numerous suspects related to a series of violent "jugging" robberies, where victims are followed from banks and robbed

A minor fender bender in the Galleria turned into a violent road rage situation in a matter of seconds.

The Houston Police Department’s Robbery Division is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying four women suspected of committing two aggravated robberies at smoke shops.

Investigators said one of the thieves was shot in the face after a property owner confronted two men caught trying to steal copper wire.

Two teenagers have been charged in the fatal Dec. 2024 shooting of a Harris County man, according to the Houston Police Department.

Investigators said a man was killed and a woman was hurt after a shooting when they were trying to pick up a family member.

A 2-year-old girl was tragically killed after police said her brother accidentally ran her over in Southeast Houston.

Authorities are investigating a deadly crash in southwest Houston, where one driver is being questioned for possibly driving while intoxicated early Saturday morning.

A Silver Alert has been issued for a missing 81-year-old woman last seen Thursday on Houston’s west side.

The family of Tony Underwood, a man who died after being shot during an incident on April 30, is speaking out.

A recent spike in violent incidents at Eleanor Tinsley Park has sparked urgent safety discussions between the Buffalo Bayou Partnership and the Houston Police Department (HPD).

From the sky, Eleanor Tinsley Park looks like a postcard — a peaceful green space nestled against Houston’s skyline, where families come to picnic and joggers loop along the trails.

The Houston Police Department is continuing its traffic safety initiative this week, targeting busy Houston area highways

CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Houston police shared surveillance video showing two employees following the man as he walked out of the store with items in his hands that he didn't pay for.

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.

An investigation is underway after a shooting left one person dead and another injured Sunday night in southwest Houston, according to the Houston Police Department.

A woman was hit and killed on the East Freeway after an argument inside an SUV, police said.

Five people were injured after investigators said a driver plowed into a group of people near Uptown.

A 16-year-old boy was in the hospital after a shooting in Fourth Ward.

Two sergeants with the Houston Police Department were called to reports of a suspicious person with a weapon, and when they arrived, one of them was shot in the leg.

The woman told officers she was taking money out when an unidentified, armed man came out of nowhere and demanded the cash she withdrew from the ATM.

A 12-year-old was killed after an accidental shooting incident with his sibling at a home near southeast Houston, according to the Houston Police Department.

The historic building, more than 100 years old, now houses both the Houston Police Department’s Central Patrol Station and Special Operations division.

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.

The Texas Center for the Missing has issued a Houston Regional CLEAR Alert on behalf of the Houston Police Department for 61-year-old Alan Lee.

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.

Authorities are on the hunt for a man accused of shooting and killing another man Monday night with an AR-15 in northwest Houston.

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.

One person was killed at a large car meet in Northeast Houston.

Police found a man shot to death outside a July 4th party at a short-term rental in Third Ward.

Investigators said a witness saw the motorcyclist and an SUV driver engaged in some kind of road rage incident, where the SUV driver forced the rider off his bike after hitting the overpass and falling a couple of hundred feet from the flyover.

A video showing a man choking a puppy by dangling it by its collar on Monday in Spring Branch is now being investigated by the Houston Police Department.

Authorities are trying to figure out what led up to a deadly crash in west Houston Tuesday morning.

Harris County prosecutors have dropped three felony charges against Tony Underwood, who was shot by Houston police during a confrontation in April, citing his grave medical condition.

RECOGNIZE HIM? Video shared by the Houston Police Department showed the man going up to the counter, slipping the cashier a note, and then taking money from the cash tray. Hours earlier, however, the same man was seen posing as a customer.

A person is dead, and another has been seriously injured after crashing their car early Monday morning into a concrete base under a freeway sign, trapping the two of them inside.

A man crashed a stolen vehicle after driving into oncoming traffic after a shocking armed robbery in Houston.

Three men were arrested after fleeing a shooting in Houston’s East End on scooters.

The search intensifies for Donnell Cunningham, a hearing-impaired man missing from his Houston home since June 20.

Authorities are piecing together what led up to a deadly shooting where two people were found in a southwest Houston park.

The Houston police department are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying two suspects involved in an aggravated robbery in Southwest Houston.

Houston police say a man stole an undisclosed amount of money from a person after showing a badge, posing as an ICE agent.

Investigators said they tried pulling over the driver in a stolen vehicle but he kept going for a few blocks until he went airborne and crashed, trapping him inside.

A shoplifter reportedly trying to run from Houston Police officers jumped from the second floor of the Galleria Mall and landed on the ice skating rink below, where he was found unable to move.

Investigators say two officers and the truck driver were hospitalized and found beer cans thrown from the truck and onto the street.

Help find Andrew Williams, missing since April 30 in Houston.

Houston police say the speeding driver crashed into another car, and then the driver and their passenger got out of the vehicle to try and make a run for it.

A family held a news conference on Juneteenth outside the Houston Police Department’s headquarters to demand charges for forgery and fraud after their home was stolen and demolished.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Houston Police Department are searching for a man accused of killing two other men during a robbery in 2023.

The City of Houston is tackling the road rage and aggressive driving problem on highways on Highway 288 and the South Loop (I-610) on Tuesday.

Houston's new traffic safety push is targeting road rage and reckless driving.

Authorities are piecing together what led up to a shooting Monday morning in north Houston, where at least one person was hospitalized.

RECOGNIZE THIS MAN? Authorities need your help finding a man caught on video breaking into a woman’s home in West University before robbing and sexually assaulting her.

Houston Mayor John Whitmire announced a new traffic safety initiative aimed at reducing reckless driving, road rage, and speeding on major highways like I-45 and US-59.

HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Family members said Shawn Bates, 48, was last seen leaving South Gessner Road in an unknown direction, but is a dialysis patient and his doctors are looking for him.

The Houston Police Department has released body worn camera video of a machete-wielding man being shot by an officer following a robbery at a Family Dollar.

Investigators said the man robbed a young couple, took their keys, and then shot at police during a brief chase.

Authorities are on the hunt for whoever shot and killed a man behind a Sunrise Grocery in west Houston Monday night.