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.

Road rage incidents and shootings have significantly increased in Texas, with 84 people shot in related cases this year.

With a total of 275 arrests made, the event garnered attention for its high number of incidents.

Galveston County sheriffs and state troopers responded to the incidents, and one suspect has been taken into custody.

Road rage incidents and shootings in Houston have been increasing, causing drivers in the city to be on high alert.

Road rage incidents and shootings in Houston have been increasing, causing drivers in the city to be on high alert.

The son of a notable politician from the Dominican Republic was shot and killed at a Houston gas station Monday night during what police are calling a ‘targeted attack.’

Violence at two different Houston area birthday parties and another family gathering left a total of three people dead over the weekend.

A woman is dead and three others have been transported to hospitals after a series of shootings at several different nearby locations in northeast Houston Wednesday.

Have you ever been at home and heard so much gunfire that it sends a literal jolt through your body?

Authorities in Houston are investigating four different shootings that left eight people shot across the city overnight.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and on Monday, several key leaders addressed how the violence is impacting the City of Houston and the resources available to victims and their families.

Police in Missouri investigated two shootings with multiple victims in the same area of Kansas City early Sunday morning.

In six days, seven people were shot for making the common mistake of showing up at the wrong place.

A person was shot and killed, and three others were injured after two gunmen reportedly opened fire in the Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso.

Two Harris County children were killed in separate accidental shootings in the span of four days.

Two people were arrested Friday in a series of shootings and robberies at 7-Eleven stores in Southern California that left two people dead and three others wounded, authorities said.

Las Vegas police say 14 people were shot Saturday morning in a hookah parlor and that one victim died and two people suffered critical injuries.

Houstonians continue to do what they do best and show support in times of need. This time it was for Arlene Alvarez’s family after the 9-year-old was shot and killed last week. Sunday was all about Arlene.

Authorities in Baytown responded to a double-shooting that left two men injured at an apartment complex in Baytown on Monday night.

Authorities in Houston and Pasadena are searching for those responsible for killing two men in unrelated shootings in Houston and Pasadena in October.

Houston Police Department released body camera footage Thursday for three different investigations that occurred in June.

HOUSTON – Four people are hurt after a string of shootings broke out just minutes apart from each other in northwest Houston Tuesday, police said. Police said three men and a woman were found shot at the three different nearby locations-- Stallings Drive near Genemuary Street, Stallings Drive near Whitehead Street, and Beckley Street near Ellington Street. Investigators said they are still trying to determine if all three shootings are connected. The first man told officers he was shot in the leg by someone who sprayed his house with bullets. Police said a third man crashed his car into a ditch at some point after he was shot in the neck.

HOUSTON – Between Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 17 people including four teenagers were shot in Houston, the most of any weekend this year and part of a growing trend of violence in the city. “We haven’t seen this kind of violence, since the late 80s and early 90s when crack first hit the streets here in Houston,” said Doug Griffith, the president of the Houston Police Officers Union. Mayor Sylvester Turner began his Monday press conference addressing the shootings, instead of COVID-19, calling his administration’s commitment to reducing crime “our top priority.”“We cannot blame everything on the pandemic in Houston,” Turner said. “We have a situation that we need to address in our city.”Of the 17 people shot over the weekend, six did not survive their injuries. “Our community/region had too much gun violence this weekend.

HOUSTON – Houston police say road rage incidents are on the rise. Road rage was to blame again on Monday when a Katy man was shot and wounded by an irate drive near Katy. Sammon said the freeway ramp narrows from three lanes to two lanes to one, and that’s where the trouble started. Even wounded, Sammon said it wasn’t hard for him to identify the vehicle to police, as the owner’s business name and phone number were on the back window. He is charged with a 2nd-degree felony, which means he could face up to 20 years in prison if he’s convicted.

HOUSTON – Houston Police Department is investigating three shootings across different locations in north Houston. Around 2:30 p.m., police responded to reports of a major crash at West Little York Road and De Priest Street. Less than an hour later, another shooting occurred at Knox Street and West Little York Road. Shortly after, there was a third shooting on the 800 block of De Priest Street. Anyone with information on these cases is asked to call the HPD homicide division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers Houston at 713-222-TIPS.

HOUSTON – An investigation is underway after a shooting that left a woman dead in southeast Houston Wednesday, police said. Officers said they responded to reports of a shooting in the 4600 block of Aledo Street around 10:26 p.m. Southeast officers are at a shooting at 4624 Aledo St. One patient transported to an area hospital. #hounews CC13 — Houston Police (@houstonpolice) October 29, 2020Police said the woman was transported to the hospital by an ambulance, where she was pronounced dead. #hounews CC13 — Houston Police (@houstonpolice) October 29, 2020According to investigators, two other gunshot victims arrived at the hospital in unknown conditions.

A police officer engages with a protester Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in Seattle, where streets had been blocked off in an area demonstrators had occupied for weeks. Seattle police showed up in force earlier in the day at the "occupied" protest zone, tore down demonstrators' tents and used bicycles to herd the protesters after the mayor ordered the area cleared following two fatal shootings in less than two weeks. The "Capitol Hill Occupied Protest" zone was set up near downtown following the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Collective bargaining agreements for officers provide protections that stand in the way of accountability, even when the federal government is overseeing an agency through a consent decree, experts said. Contracts designed to ensure officers receive fair wages and benefits have spilled over into public policy. These examples bolster the hypothesis that some union contract provisions may impede effective investigations of police misconduct and shield problematic officers from discipline, Rushin said. The city entered into a settlement agreement, or consent decree, the following year and passed an accountability measure for additional oversight. One Seattle officer who benefited from the union contract in recent years was Cynthia Whitlach.

Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren, right, speaks during a news conference Monday, June 15, 2020, in Tampa, Fla. Warren announced his decision not to prosecute dozens of protesters arrested on charges of unlawful assembly during a Black Lives Matter march on June 2. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)TOP OF THE HOUR: Florida state attorney won't prosecute peaceful protesters. State Attorney Andrew Warren in Tampa said that his office wont be filing charges against 67 protesters who were arrested two weeks ago in downtown Tampa. The prosecutors office will also work to expunge the arrest records of the protesters who were taken into custody, he said. In these unlawful assembly cases, there is no value in filing charges, Warren said at a news conference.