A grand jury has indicted the Texas father of a 14-year-old boy wanted for a triple murder after investigators said he drove his son to the shooting location and then drove him back home. Richard Acosta Jr, 33, faces a capital murder charge for the December 26 shooting that killed three other teenage boys and …
Neighbors and relatives said they called authorities multiple times, but the victim remained in the home
Kevin Milazzo, 41, also wounded three other people and fled the scene. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head as police approached him.
A Texas man has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend last month, authorities say. Camerina Trujillo Perez, 38, was reported missing on January 25 by family members who said that Luis Angel Montes, 35, previously had made threatening statements about her. Authorities issued a CLEAR Alert for Perez last week and said they …
A Texas man killed four members of his family overnight, including a child, and wounded three others before shooting and killing himself. Corsicana Police Chief Robert Johnson said the first shooting was reported just after midnight Saturday at a home in the city, where officers found a man and a woman dead and two other …
A Texas teen was arrested on Monday on murder charges for allegedly shooting his mother’s fiancé on New Year’s Day, resulting in the man’s death days later. KSET reported that an altercation occurred after Austin Markowski’s half-brother tore up the new wood flooring in their mother’s bedroom. Markowski, 17, claimed he was showering when his …
A Texas couple was arrested this week and charged with manslaughter in the death of their two-month-old daughter last summer. An autopsy said the baby girl, identified as Athena Brigida-Kay Canales in an obituary, died from “mixed drug toxicity,” KAMC reported. An arrest warrant says that Lubbock County deputies responded to the home and found …
A Texas man broke into his girlfriend’s home Monday night and shot to death her two teenage sons at their suburban Fort Worth home. Anthony Aponte, 17, was pronounced dead at the scene, while the boys’ mother, who arrived home about 45 minutes after the shooting, found 19-year-old Isaiah Aponte still breathing. She called 911, …
A 16-year-old Texas boy was shot and killed Saturday and then shoved out of a car that didn’t stop. Investigators found Keymydre Palmer Anderson in the middle of a street a few blocks from his house shortly after 7 p.m. He was wearing just a T-shirt and underwear, according to KDFW. A witness reported seeing …
Texas police have arrested a 22-year-old man they say left a toddler inside his car while he went into a casino overnight. Angel Mendez has been charged with abandoning or endangering a child with intent to return, according to KVIA. Police did not say how long they believe the 14-month-old child was left alone in …
A Texas deputy was shot and killed early Sunday morning during a traffic stop in southwest Houston. According to KHOU, Corporal Charles Galloway pulled over a white, 4-door Toyota Avalon shortly before 1 a.m. The driver got out of the car and fired multiple shots at Galloway’s vehicle before jumping back in and driving away. …
An armed suspect claiming to have bombs has reportedly taken a rabbi and at least three others hostage at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. A SWAT team had descended around the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue northeast of Fort Worth around 2 p.m. local time. No injuries have been reported thus far, …
