Dallas police arrested a man over the weekend they were questioning about a stalking incident when he admitted he had killed another man who went on a date with the woman he was stalking, the Fort Worth Star Telegram reported. Jorge Esparza, 22, told detectives he shot and killed Ricardo Medina-Madriz, 27, just before midnight …
A Dallas woman shot and killed her 9-year-old daughter and then herself on Monday after chasing her husband out of the house during an argument, the Dallas Morning News reported. Authorities identified the woman on Wednesday as 34-year-old Alexica Stevenson-Gates. Initially, she was inside the home with both her daughter and her 12-year-old son, but …
A grandmother and her boyfriend have been arrested in Texas for locking a 6-year-old boy in a shed with his hands tied behind his back, KTVT reported. Police found the boy in a shed behind the home at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday night, the station said. Police did not say what brought them to the …
Police in Dallas are looking for a man who shot a pregnant store employee as he unsuccessfully tried to rob a CVS near Southern Methodist University, NBC DFW reported. The woman, said to be about 8 months pregnant, was shot twice and rushed to Presbyterian Hospital, where doctors delivered her baby. Both were in critical …
A prosecution witness in the trial of ex-cop Amber Guyger for the killing of Botham Jean was shot dead in Dallas Friday evening, CBS DFW reported. Joshua Brown, 28, lived across the hall from Jean and testified about the night Guyger entered Jean’s apartment instead of hers and shot him dead. Brown testified that he …
Amber Guyger testified that Botham Jean was standing up when she opened fire—a claim experts have contradicted in previous testimony
The murder trial is underway for an off-duty Texas police officer who fatally shot her upstairs neighbor in his own apartment last year. Indicted late last year, ex-Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, 31, claimed she fatally shot Botham Jean, 26, in his apartment after mistaking his unit for hers. She reportedly told police that she …
Lawyers representing a former Texas police officer facing murder charges for September’s shooting death of her neighbor have requested a change of venue due to the media attention the case has received. The Dallas Morning News reported that Amber Guyger’s attorneys cited “media hysteria” as the reason why they want the high-profile trial moved out …
Authorities in Texas have contacted the FBI after a second black transgender woman was found murdered in Dallas within the past two weeks, with another transgender woman killed in October. The Dallas Morning News reported that the body pulled from White Rock Lake on Sunday was identified as Chynal Lindsey, 26. Dallas police confirmed Monday …
Authorities in Texas say a vehicle allegedly involved in a drag race earlier this week struck another car and killed one young girl while injuring another child. According to Fox News, a statement from the Dallas Police Department indicates a total of three cars were racing on Friday evening when one struck a Chevrolet Impala …
For the first time, the public has been given access to the 911 call a Texas officer placed after she fatally shot her upstairs neighbor in his own apartment last year. Ex-Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, 30, is heard saying, “I thought it was my apartment,” 19 times in the 911 call obtained by WFAA. …
Authorities in Texas say they are looking for leads in their search for the subject or subjects responsible for savagely beating a trans woman in the street recently. According to Fox News, authorities conducted a search of the area near where witnesses say the victim was assaulted Friday following a minor traffic crash. The incident …
