Houston police say a wrong-way driver hit a Chevrolet Suburban head-on around 4:48 a.m. Sunday on the 610 South Loop near Tierwester St, just east of Hwy 288. The wrong-way driver, a man believed to be in his 40s, died at the scene, and the Suburban's driver was taken to Ben Taub…
A woman was hurt Saturday afternoon when she was shot with what police believe was a pellet or BB gun while getting off a METRO Route 47 bus near Hillcroft Avenue and Dashwood Drive in southwest Houston. It happened just before 5 p.m., and she was taken to a hospital with a leg i…
A woman was found dead inside a donation box at a gas station on Main Street near Hadley Street in Midtown early Saturday. Houston firefighters and police responded around 1:30 a.m., and she was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities have not identified the woman or said how s…
A man was shot and killed and a second man was wounded at a party inside a short-term rental home in the 3100 block of Baer Street, near Sydnor Street, early Saturday. Houston police say they were called a little before 1 a.m. about an assault in progress. When they arrived, Prec…
A Hogg Middle School student is in police custody after a gun was found on campus Friday morning, Houston ISD says. According to a letter sent to parents, HISD police and school administrators responded to a report that a student had a gun. A campus police officer detained the st…
Two people were hurt when shots were fired into a group during a confrontation on Grow Lane in northwest Houston around 9 p.m. Thursday, according to Houston police. Officers from HPD's Northwest Division found a man shot in the ankle and a woman shot in the upper left arm. Both…
A man is in critical condition after he was shot while sitting in his car on West Orem Drive near Highway 288 around 9:30 p.m. Thursday, according to Houston police. Investigators say someone in another vehicle fired into his car and hit him in the upper body. His girlfriend was…
A man believed to be about 30 years old died early Thursday after being struck by a vehicle on the inbound service road of the Katy Freeway near Wirt Road. Houston police said officers were called shortly before 6 a.m. and found the man lying in the roadway in the 7900 block of t…
A 46-year-old woman is in custody after witnesses said she intentionally set a fire at a building near Tidwell Road and Lockwood Drive in northeast Houston around 10:45 p.m. Wednesday, according to Houston police. Witnesses also told officers she assaulted another woman by pushin…
Texas Southern University police have issued a warning after two armed men broke into an apartment at the Transformation Village complex on Rosewood Street on Wednesday and robbed the residents at gunpoint. According to the TSU police alert, the men entered the apartment and dema…
Two people were hurt in a stabbing on a METRO bus in north Houston around 10:15 p.m. Tuesday, according to METRO. It happened on a Route 44 bus near West Montgomery Road and Dolly Wright Street in the Acres Homes area. METRO said both people were taken to a hospital with injuries…
Houston firefighters were called to an apartment complex in the 5400 block of Braesvalley Drive in southwest Houston around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, and the fire was raised to a 2-alarm response, according to HFD. Flames were visible from the building, but no injuries had been reported…
About 20 high-school-age students got into a large fight at Yellowstone Schools in Houston's Third Ward on Tuesday morning, Houston police said. School administrators called police around 7:35 a.m., and officers and ambulances responded to the campus near Trulley and Briley stree…
A man is in critical condition after being shot outside Costa Lounge VIP in the 6200 block of Bellaire Boulevard, near Hillcroft Avenue in southwest Houston's Gulfton area, around 10:15 p.m. Monday. Houston police said two groups were arguing over who owns the lounge when the fig…
An envelope holding an unknown white powder was opened Friday afternoon inside the Mickey Leland Federal Building at 1919 Smith Street, which houses Sen. Ted Cruz's Houston office as well as the passport office and immigration court. Houston police said the call came in around 3:…
The Harris County Sheriff's Office plans to hold an active-attack response drill Thursday night at Wildcat Electrical Supply, 12045 Wallisville Road. HCSO's Tactical Division is scheduled to start the exercise around 10 p.m. Neighbors and nearby businesses may see more deputies a…
A worker was killed Wednesday afternoon around 5 p.m. when the bucket-lift truck he was in contacted power lines in the 8500 block of Observatory Street in Acres Homes. Houston firefighters say the bucket was being raised into trees that hid the lines. A second worker was taken t…
Houston police are investigating after a second body was found in Buffalo Bayou in as many days, this time near downtown on Wednesday morning. A caller reported the body around 9:25 a.m. at James Bute Park along McKee Street; crews responded near the McKee Street Bridge, and a pe…
A man in his early 20s robbed people at knifepoint and drove off in their vehicle Tuesday night after crashing into another car in a parking lot in the 6200 block of Nordling Road on Houston's north side, police said. It happened shortly after 9 p.m. The man got out bleeding from…
Houston police are investigating after a man was found dead in a body of water near a construction site along Buffalo Bayou in the Second Ward on Tuesday morning. A caller reported seeing a body in the water near 625 N. York Street, north of Navigation Boulevard, shortly after 8…
A man died after being shot in the head Saturday night around 9:30 p.m. in the 5300 block of Harrisburg Boulevard on Houston's east side, police said. According to police, the victim asked another man why he was at the residence, since he did not live there, and the argument turn…
Houston police have arrested two people after a fight on Selinsky Road near Martin Luther King Boulevard late Friday led to gunfire that hit a bystander. HPD said officers were called just before 11 p.m. and found a large crowd. Police said a couple's argument turned into an assa…
A driver was killed and three other people were hospitalized, one in critical condition, after a four-vehicle crash around 10 p.m. Thursday at Westheimer Road and Hillcroft Avenue in southwest Houston. Houston police say a car speeding westbound on Westheimer tried to weave betwe…
Harris County Constable Precinct 1's Animal Cruelty Unit rescued 45 Chihuahua-mix dogs from a mobile home in the 9900 block of Edgeworth Street in north Houston on Tuesday as part of an ongoing animal-neglect investigation. Constable Alan Rosen called conditions inside the home "…
An armed man who barricaded himself inside a home in the 11800 block of Princess Garden Way, near W. Orem Drive and SH-288 in south Harris County's City Park area, surrendered around 8:45 p.m. Monday after an hours-long standoff with HCSO SWAT and Precinct 7 deputies. Sheriff Ed…
A man in his late 20s to early 30s was shot and killed in a parking lot in the 8000 block of West Tidwell Road, along US-290 in northwest Houston, early Tuesday. HPD says officers were called around 12:40 a.m. and found him on the ground with a gunshot wound; HFD medics pronounce…
A man and a woman were shot and killed in front of a home in the 900 block of Lindale Street, near Cochran Street in Houston's Near Northside, around 8:20 a.m. Monday. Neighbors told police they heard gunshots before the two were found in the driveway. HPD says investigators beli…
Update: Houston police say the man who fired at an Amazon delivery driver from a home in the 2400 block of Presley Street on Sunday is now on the run. HPD said officers set up a perimeter and waited for SWAT after the shooting around 11:45 a.m., but the suspect is believed to hav…
Houston police were called about 11:13 a.m. Sunday to apartments at 5959 Pinemont Drive in northwest Houston (near Hardway Street and Reno Drive, just east of Highway 290). HPD said a woman shot her partner during a disturbance, then fired at arriving officers; officers returned…
Houston police responded around 11:40 a.m. Sunday to the 2400 block of Presley Street in north Houston after a delivery worker was shot at while dropping off a package. HPD said someone inside the home fired toward people outside and remotely closed a gate; the worker was not inj…
Houston police said a person was shot Saturday afternoon on Monarch Road near Almeda Genoa Road in southwest Houston. The wounded person arrived at Memorial Hermann Pearland Hospital (not by ambulance) and is expected to survive, HPD said. Officers responded to the hospital call…
Houston police responded around 4:10 a.m. Saturday to a shooting in the 6500 block of Fairway Drive in southeast Houston near the South Loop and Broad Street. A man and woman were in a garage when a gunshot came from inside the house; the man was shot in the stomach and taken to…
Houston police homicide detectives are investigating after a man's body was recovered from Buffalo Bayou on Friday morning. Houston Fire Department was called to activate a rescue boat after a concerned resident spotted the body floating in the bayou in the 7300 block of Clinton…
Houston police say an HPD officer was hospitalized early Thursday after a speeding red pickup crashed into a patrol vehicle on the northbound Eastex Freeway (US-59) at the 610 Loop near Kashmere Gardens. Officers had been blocking traffic while crews handled a semi that leaked ca…
Houston police say a 4-year-old girl was fatally shot Tuesday evening in the 300 block of Terra Reserve Place in Memorial West. Officers called around 5:45 p.m. found the child dead from a gunshot wound and her mother, about 30, also shot; she was hospitalized in critical conditi…
Harris County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a woman was found dead inside a home in the 8100 block of Sunny Ridge Drive in the Copperfield area just before 9 a.m. Tuesday. Officials said a man reportedly found the woman in the home; circumstances were not immediately cl…
Houston police fatally shot a man wanted for indecency with a child during a warrant attempt at Peace Love Dogs, a pet care business in the 9600 block of Yupondale Drive in Spring Branch, around 9:30 p.m. Monday, Chief Noe Diaz said. Crime Suppression officers located him at work…
A healthcare aide in her 40s was fatally shot at a home in the 11500 block of Panay Drive in southeast Houston around 1 p.m. Monday, Houston police said. Investigators said a 90-year-old man visiting his 87-year-old friend’s home allegedly shot and killed the friend’s aide. The a…
Houston police responded around 4 a.m. Monday to a reported shooting at a shopping center at 9255 Gulf Freeway, where officers were seen at El Botanero, an after-hours club. At least one person was taken to a hospital. A man in the parking lot who said he did not see the incident…
Houston police are investigating a homicide after officers responded about 1:40 a.m. Sunday near Mesa Drive and Nyssa Street in northeast Houston to a report that a car had struck a pole. A security guard at nearby apartments under construction said they heard a loud crash follow…
A 17-year-old Westbury High School senior was shot and killed Friday morning near campus in southwest Houston, Houston Police Chief Noe Diaz said (KPRC, FOX 26, ABC13, KHOU). HPD said the call came in around 8:21 a.m. CT; the shooting happened off campus on Dryad Drive near Chimn…
A 17-year-old Westbury High School senior was shot and killed Friday morning near the campus in southwest Houston, according to Houston Police Chief Noe Diaz, KPRC 2 reports. FOX 26, citing HPD, reports the shooting happened off campus on Dryad Drive near Chimney Rock Road and wa…
Around 10 p.m. Wednesday, Houston police responded to 1520 Oliver Street after reports that two people had been stabbed. Officers and firefighters found a man in his mid-20s in the apartment complex parking garage with a shoulder stab wound after he ran from an apartment; he was…
Just before 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, Houston police responded to a shooting-in-progress call near Blalock Road and Kempwood Drive in Spring Branch. Officers found a man dead on the scene. Preliminary information said the victim was sitting on an apartment front porch when a masked su…
Around 1:50 p.m. Tuesday, Houston police responded to the 8800 block of Lockwood Drive near Laura Koppe Road. Officers found a man who had been stabbed and was pronounced dead at the scene. ABC13 reports the dispute began as an argument on a METRO bus and continued after both men…
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Houston police recovered a body from Little Whiteoak Bayou in the Near Northside on Monday afternoon. Officers were called to the 3800 block of Searle Drive near Trimble Street around 2:30 p.m. Officials said there were no obvious signs of trauma on the body; the Harris County me…
Early Monday, Houston police investigated a miles-long road-rage incident involving three vehicles along the 610 Loop that left two people shot. Investigators said it appears to have started near Ella Boulevard and 610 and ended near 610 and San Felipe. A man and woman in a silve…
Around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, a fight in Midtown escalated into gunfire in the 400 block of West Gray Street. HPD said a person involved began shooting, then continued firing from a vehicle while driving. Three innocent bystanders were hit — a woman in the legs, a man in the leg, and…
Around 1 a.m. Saturday, Houston police responded to the 6345 block of Windswept Lane near the Southwest Freeway after a shooting outside an apartment complex. HPD said two men were drinking outside when another man approached and shot one of them. The wounded man was taken to a h…
