A man accused of shooting a sheriff's deputy Friday had spent four months in a mental hospital in 2012 in relation to an aggravated assault case. The man, Shannon Jaruay Miles, was declared incompetent to stand trial in that case. Miles was arrested Saturday on charges of capital murder as he was accused of shooting [...]
A couple was found shot to death outside of a home in southeast Houston Monday night. According to police, neighbors say they heard gunshots around 10:30 p.m. outside of the home in the 6100 block of Edinburg. When police officers arrived, they found Yvette Rodriguez, 26, and David Chavez, 24, both fatally shot inside a [...]
A woman previously dated the man who is accused of shooting her as well as her husband and their six children. Before she was shot, she texted her mother to let her know that she was being held at gunpoint. Authorities had been alerted to problems in the home by the victim, Valerie Jackson's, mother. David [...]
A man smashed into dozens of cars while leading Houston police on a chase through southwest Houston Sunday morning. The officers involved in the chase fatally shot the man after he tried to run them over during the chase. According to Houston police, the wild chase began after they received a call that a vehicle [...]
A man found a body covered in trash in a vacant field. Houston police are searching for clues as to how the body ended up next to a liquor store on Scott Street near Mainer Street. Police say that the man found the body while picking up trash on the property as he saw a [...]
Houston Police surrounded a southside apartment Monday after a man refused to listen to their commands in a standoff. SWAT was called to the 2600 block of Holly Hall. Police say the standoff started after the suspect threatened his neighbor. The man allegedly had a knife, and he was taken into custody without incident early [...]
The woman who is thought to have shot and killed ex-MLB star Darryl Hamilton pled guilty to arson in 2008. The case involved her husband at the time possibly cheating on her. The bodies of Monica Jordan and Hamilton were found Sunday afternoon in her Pearland home. Hamilton's body was found near the front entryway, [...]
Michael Guy was shot and killed around 4 a.m. Monday morning as someone stormed into his home and opened fire. Guy lived in the 5000 block of Markwood and had two children. Neighbors claim that there was often suspicious activity surrounding the home as they said that people were frequently coming and going from the [...]
Richard Lee received a call from a deacon at Mt. Olive Baptist Church as Houston recoiled from devastating floods; he was calling to tell Lee that the casket of his late wife, who died in 2007, resurfaced during the floods. Her coffin had somehow been unearthed and floated about 100 yards away, but Lee said [...]
A Houston father rescued his 10 children from their burning home on Memorial Day. Khou.com reports that Brian Robertson and his wife awoke at about 5 a.m. May 25 to a wall of fire in their Batcher Street home. "By the time I get through the hallway, I see smoke everywhere," Robertson told Khou.com. "I [...]