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Authorities have arrested a third suspect in the fatal shooting of an off-duty Texas officer. According to KHOU11, 17-year-old Fredrick Tardy was taken into custody Friday on a capital murder charge. Police say the shooting took place Thursday night just outside of Houston, as Darren Almendarez—a deputy with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office—was shopping for groceries with his […]
A Texas teenager survived, and drove home, after his truck was spun by a tornado this past week, People reports. Riley Leon, 16, was driving home after a job interview at Whataburger when his truck was spun around on its side, per the Dallas Morning News. Storm chaser Brian Emfinger recorded the incident in real time, and the clip shows […]
Shootings amid spring break-related activities in Florida and Texas resulted in multiple injuries this weekend, authorities said. Miami Beach saw the hospitalization of a total of five people in connection with two separate shooting incidents, per a report from WTVJ. In a shooting that took place early Sunday, three people were hospitalized, including two individuals who were […]
A shooting took place on Saturday near Austin, Texas’ South by Southwest festival on early Sunday morning, leaving four people injured, Variety reports. The Austin Police Department initially tweeted that the suspect was “still at large” and directed the public to “avoid the area.” The shooting happened at the intersection of East 6th and Neches […]
Authorities say a 13-year-old was behind the wheel in a fiery car crash that left nine people dead, including student-athletes of a New Mexico college. According to CNN, the collision occurred Tuesday night in West Texas, where a pick-up truck collided into a van carrying the University of the Southwest’s men’s and women’s golf teams. The crash […]
Snootie Wild’s family has issued a statement following the 36-year-old Memphis rapper’s tragic death in Houston. “We are devastated by the untimely passing of our beloved LePreston Porter, known to the world as gold-selling and Billboard charting Hip Hop recording artist Snootie Wild,” the post begins. “He meant the world to us. A son, loving boyfriend, brother to […]
Rap-A-Lot Records CEO J. Prince is speaking out after bounty hunters reportedly shot and killed Walter Hutchins in Houston last week. Fox 26 Houston reports that a group of men, who identified themselves to police as bounty hunters, were executing a warrant which resulted in the fatal shooting of the 31-year-old Hutchins on Wednesday night. […]
A Texas man pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges this week in connection with a 2020 attack on an Asian family at a Sam’s Club. Per a report from NBC News, 21-year-old Jose Gomez III pleaded guilty to three counts of committing a hate crime and admitted to having cut a customer, their six-year-old child, and […]
Greg Abbott’s anti-trans crusade continues. On Tuesday, the Texas governor ordered state agencies to conduct “prompt and thorough” investigations into gender-affirming care for trans youth. Abbott laid out his position in a letter to the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services, arguing that gender transitioning procedures could be considered child abuse under Texas law. He went on to […]
A reported 19 Austin, Texas police officers have been indicted in a protest probe and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon over 2020 protests. Austin Police Association President Ken Casaday confirmed to the Associated Press that 19 officers are facing charges, and multiple anonymous sources confirmed the reasoning to the AP. This reportedly signifies the most indictments […]
