Category: Houston

Man ID’d, Sought in Fatal Shooting of Houston-Area Deputy

HOUSTON—Authorities on Monday asked for the public’s help in finding a 51-year-old man who has been charged with fatally shooting a Houston-area deputy during a traffic stop this past weekend. Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said investigators have identified the accused shooter as Oscar Rosales. Harris County Precinct 5 Cpl. Charles Galloway, 47, was shot…


Man Accused of Stabbing K-9 Arrested After Dad’s Body Found

HOUSTON—A Houston man accused of stabbing a police dog and wanted for questioning in the death of his father, whose body was found hidden in his home’s garage, was arrested Tuesday after evading capture for several hours, according to authorities. Police say Ryan Mitchell Smith, 26, is considered a person of interest in his father’s…


Ex-boyfriend Arrested in Death of Houston Teen Shot 22 Times

HOUSTON—An ex-boyfriend has been arrested and charged with murder in the killing of a 16-year-old girl who was shot 22 times as she walked her dog in southwest Houston, police said Tuesday. Diamond Alvarez was fatally shot Jan. 11 a couple of blocks from her home near a field that was used as a neighborhood…


Houston Girl, 16, Fatally Shot as She Walked Dog

Like she did most days, 16-year-old Diamond Alvarez walked her family’s dog Peanut in her southwest Houston neighborhood on Tuesday evening. Since it was already dark, her mother, Anna Machado, told her to only stay out 20 minutes and then return home. But Diamond never came back as she was fatally shot around 9:30 p.m….


Mother Pleads Guilty in 2-Year-Old Houston Girl’s Death

HOUSTON—The mother of a 2-year-old girl whose body was found in a Houston bayou in 2020 has pleaded guilty for her role in the child’s death, according to court records. Sahara Ervin, 22, pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence, a human corpse, during a court hearing Wednesday as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors….


Nearly Half of Omicron Cases in Houston Hospital System Among Vaccinated: Study

About half the Omicron cases in a major hospital system in Texas have been among the vaccinated, according to a new study funded in part by the U.S. government. Researchers with Houston Methodist Hospital and other institutions performed genome sequencing of patients with COVID-19 in the Houston area and identified 862 people with symptoms whose infections…


Small Plane Crash Near Houston Kills at Least 1 Person

FULSHEAR, Texas—A small plane crashed Tuesday morning near Houston, killing at least one person, officials said. The single-engine Cessna 208 had taken off from Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston when it crashed around 9:40 a.m. about 50 miles (80 km) to the southwest near Fulshear, Texas, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Both the FAA…


9-Year-Old Texas Boy Ezra Blount Dies After AstroWorld Festival Crush: Lawyer

The lawyer for the family of a 9-year-old boy who was trampled at a Travis Scott concert Houston said the child succumbed to his injuries Sunday. Ezra Blount’s death brings the death toll of those killed during a stampede during the Astroworld Festival to 10. Ezra had been in a medically induced coma for about a week…


Nine-Year-Old Succumbs; Death Toll From Houston Concert Stampede Rises to 10

An attorney for the family of a 9-year-old boy who was trampled at a Travis Scott concert in Houston and was on life support for a week said that the child had died from his injuries on Sunday. The death of Ezra Blount brought the total number of those killed during a stampede at last…


Astroworld Victim Bharti Shahani Dies, Bringing Death Toll to 9

A 22-year-old woman who attended Houston’s Astroworld Festival in Houston over the past weekend is the ninth person to die due to the incident, an attorney for her family and her family confirmed. James Lassiter, the lawyer, confirmed to media outlets that Bharti Shahani died on Wednesday night. She was a student at Texas A&M…