Authorities said Gonzales, wearing his police uniform pants and a jacket, and armed with police-issued rifles and handguns, went to Corpus Christi for a fatal confrontation with his common-law wife, who left him less than two weeks ago.
Read More →A Dallas Police narcotics officer was wounded in an exchange of gunfire on Monday afternoon with a suspect on an Amtrak train in downtown. Senior Cpl. Samuel Hussey was shot in the hand in the shootout that also resulted in an injury to a bystander. The suspect was killed in the encounter.
Read More →A gunman who taunted Houston Police officers to "Shoot Me! Shoot Me!" near the camp of the city's Occupy protesters got his wish, as officers shot him twice when he refused to drop a .40-caliber rifle.
Read More →The iWatchBridgeport app provides a new tool for the Bridgeport Police Department for reporting of crimes by its residents.
Read More →A Pasadena (Texas) Police officer used a seat-belt cutter to save a boy who had slipped a zip tie around his neck and tightened it. While being pulled over for a seat-belt violation on Nov. 5, the driver asked the officer to help her 5- or 6-year-old son.
Read More →The street gang member who fatally shot a San Antonio Police sergeant and his wife after he "just went crazy" was executed tonight in Texas. Frank Garcia shot Sgt. Hector Garza in the head, he later told investigators, because he knew the officer would be wearing a ballistic vest.
Read More →The College Station (Texas) Police Department's detectives were honored with the Excellence in Criminal Investigations award at the 2011 International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). The detectives solved three capital murder cases in 2010, apprehending the suspect in each case within 14 hours of the crime being committed.
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Smith & Wesson will supply firearms from its Military & Police (M&P) series to two Texas law enforcement entities, including the Austin Police Department and the San Antonio Police Officers Association, under new contracts.
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Action-movie actor Steven Seagal has been sworn as a deputy with the Hudspeth County Sheriff's Department, and will begin working along the Mexican border.
Read More →Officer Kevin James was shot in the arm after responding to the 8:43 a.m. call. A second call came in at 8:50 a.m. reporting that two people had been shot. The officer arrived shortly afterward, and was immediately met with gunfire.
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