Amber Alert: Missing 3-month-old Texas baby found safe and unharmed
A missing Amarillo baby who was believed to be in danger has now been found. The Amarillo Police Department said officers located 3-month-old Jamila…
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Accused El Paso Walmart gunman to be seen in court next week for arraignment
Two months after a horrific massacre at the Cielo Vista Walmart in El Paso, accused gunman Patrick Crusius now has a date set to be arraigned in…
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Victim’s brother hugs former Texas cop after 10-year sentence imposed in wrong-apartment murder
Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was sentenced on Wednesday to serve 10 years in prison for the fatal 2018 killing of an innocent man she…
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Former Texas cop sentenced to 10 years in prison for murder of neighbor in his apartment
(Editor’s note: Click here to WATCH the moment the brother of murder victim Botham Jean hugs and forgives ex-Dallas officer Amber Guyger after…
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Ex-Texas officer’s offensive text messages introduced at sentencing for neighbor’s apartment murder
(Editor’s note: Click here to WATCH the moment the brother of murder victim Botham Jean hugs and forgives ex-Dallas officer Amber Guyger after…
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Active-shooter training sessions being held at Ysleta schools
The Ysleta Independent School District is hosting active-shooter training sessions in an effort to help the community be better prepared for…
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Texas man shoots & kills intruder, goes back to bed – now he’s been charged with murder
A Dallas resident who fatally shot a backyard intruder and then went back to bed has been charged with murder, according to police. The homeowner,…
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Former Texas police officer found guilty of murdering neighbor in his own apartment
A white former Dallas police officer who said she fatally shot her unarmed, black neighbor after mistaking his apartment for her own was found guilty…
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LISTEN: ‘Did you hear that?’ 20 calls to 911 preceded Dona Ana deputy’s shooting of man with gun
Twenty different 911 calls portrayed the fear and panic in a Doña Ana County neighborhood before a deputy responding shot and critically…
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Man arrested in deadly drunk driving crash as El Paso corrections officer killed is laid to rest
El Paso Police said Monday they had arrested a man who was allegedly drunk when he was involved in a car crash that killed an El Paso County…
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Socorro ISD to hire 23 new police officers, assign them to all elementary schools
The Socorro Independent School District announced plans Monday to hire 23 new police officers in the coming months, with the goal of assigning them…
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Las Cruces trailer park residents livid about child pornography arrest in their neighborhood
Residents of a Las Cruces trailer park are shocked and disturbed that a neighbor has been charged with possessing and making child pornography.…
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Saturday night car crash in west El Paso killed 16-year-old Coronado High junior, injured 3 others
A 16-year-old boy was killed and three others were injured in a two-car crash late Saturday night in west El Paso. Police on Monday identified the…
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Law firm examines Cielo Vista Walmart as part of lawsuit from Aug. 3 shootings
Just beyond the public August 3 memorial, two investigators were allowed into the Cielo Vista Walmart Sunday. They work for a law firm suing the…
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Police raised concerns about west Texas gunman 8 years before mass shooting
A mother in distress called police. Her son had refused to take his mental-health medication. He was delusional about a government conspiracy against…
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Defense set to resume after emotional past week in trial of Texas cop who shot man in own apartment
The first week is over in the trial of an off-duty police officer charged with killing a man in his own apartment in Dallas, and more details have…
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Sikh sheriff’s deputy killed in ‘coldblooded’ shooting after making history in Texas
A sheriff’s deputy described as “a trailblazer” because he was the first Sikh deputy of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office…
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Sheriff makes arrest of ‘possible serial gunman’ near Odessa after 4 shootings this week
West Texas authorities late Friday afternoon announced the arrest of a “possible serial gunman” in the Odessa area after four similar…
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Texas cop who killed neighbor takes witness stand and weeps, says she was ‘scared’
A former Dallas police officer says she was “scared to death” when she opened what she thought was her apartment door last year and saw a…
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Judge allows law firm representing couple wounded in El Paso mass shooting to inspect Walmart store
An El Paso District judge has ruled that a law firm representing a couple injured in the mass shooting on Aug. 3 will be allowed to inspect the Cielo…
Continue Reading DPS says it lacks resources to implement Gov. Abbott’s executive orders to address mass shootings
Texas Department of Public Safety officials overseeing a program Gov. Greg Abbott tapped to help halt potential mass shootings say staffing shortages…
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Investigator says Texas cop didn’t commit crime shooting man in own apartment; jury not present
The judge in the murder trial of a white Dallas police officer who fatally shot her black neighbor in his apartment blocked the lead investigator…
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Man with gun critically wounded after being shot by Doña Ana County Sheriff’s deputy
A Doña Ana County Sheriff’s deputy shot and critically wounded a 36-year-old man who authorities said Wednesday had approached the…
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UMC El Paso surgeon gives graphic testimony on treating Walmart shooting victims to Congress
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee held a hearing Wednesday on “Protecting America from Assault Weapons.” During the hearing, the…
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Arrest made in New Mexico slaying of El Paso native lauded as ‘hero’
Police announced an arrest Wednesday night in last week’s shooting death of an El Paso native that happened in a pizza shop parking lot near…
Continue Reading Ex-Fort Bliss soldier charged in bomb plot once on ‘hit list’ of classmate trying to blow up school
A former Fort Bliss soldier suspected of planning to bomb multiple high-profile targets around the U.S. was once on the “hit list” of a…
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Former Fort Bliss soldier indicted on federal charges in plot to bomb media & Beto O’Rourke
A federal grand jury late Wednesday formally indicted former Fort Bliss Army soldier Jarrett William Smith, who allegedly discussed bomb-making…
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Texas inmate executed for stabbing deaths of 2 stepsons and wife, rape of stepdaughters
A Texas inmate who claimed he was intellectually disabled was executed Wednesday for fatally stabbing his two stepsons during an attack more than 12…
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Judge sentences former El Paso boxer to 33 years in prison for drunk driving crash that killed 3
A former El Paso boxer was sentenced by a judge Wednesday to 33 years in prison for a drunk driving crash that killed three people on Christmas Eve…
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Judge in Walmart shooter case steps down due to conflict, says she knew a shooting victim
The judge assigned to preside over the case of accused Walmart shooter Patrick Crusius has asked that the case be reassigned because she knew one the…
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