HOUSTON, Texas — The Houston Police Department (HPD) is investigating a shooting involving an off-duty University of Texas Medical Branch police officer early Thursday morning.

HOUSTON, Texas — Police say a man wearing a "scary clown mask" and firing a shotgun from a moving vehicle was apprehended on Tuesday.

DEER PARK, Texas — A Deer Park man who drowned attempting to save another man was posthumously awarded the Carnegie Medal, the highest honor for civilian heroism in the United States and Canada, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission announced today.

BEAUMONT, Texas (Texas Department of Public Safety) — The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is seeking information in the 1995 cold case homicide of Mary Catherine Edwards.

HOUSTON, Texas — The Houston Police Department's Robbery Division is seeking the public's assistance identifying a man who dragged a 79-year-old woman during a purse snatching.

BEAUMONT, Texas — The Beaumont Police Department has arrested two people on human trafficking charges after three juveniles were found in a hotel room.

HOUSTON, Texas — A Houston resident has claimed a top prizewinning ticket from the Texas Lottery's scratch ticket game $250 Million Cash Party, worth $3 million, the Texas Lottery announced.

MONTGOMERY, Texas — The Montgomery Independent School District is seeking two teen girls who allegedly caused over $300,000 in property damage at the Montgomery Junior High School campus late last month.

FORT BEND, Texas — A Fort Bend County Sheriff Officer fatally shot a Precinct 4 deputy constable during a property check on Friday morning — mistaking the deputy constable for an intruder, police say.

HOUSTON, Texas — Crime Stoppers and the Houston Police Department's Major Assaults and Family Violence Division are seeking the public's assistance locating a fugitive wanted on felony assault family violence charges.

TOMBALL, Texas — The Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office is seeking the public's assistance in identifying an alleged suspect in a Walgreens robbery.

HOUSTON, Texas — A police K-9 dragged a hiding fugitive from a doghouse during a multi-agency manhunt on Friday morning.

HOUSTON, Texas — A 15-year-old girl, reported missing last month, was rescued in a child sex trafficking and prostitution investigation in Houston, Harris County Precinct 5 Constable Ted Heap announced earlier this week.

PORT ARTHUR, Texas — A 46-year-old Port Arthur, Texas, man has been indicted on two federal charges for soliciting a murder-for-hire plot, U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown of the Eastern District of Texas announced yesterday.

HOUSTON, Texas — Harris County District Attorney has begun the process of clearing an additional 91 defendants convicted in cases which hinged on sworn affidavits from now-former Houston Police Department officer Gerald Goines, she announced on Thursday.

HOUSTON, Texas — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is offering a reward up to $5,000 for information leading to the apprehension of a former Texas Constable's deputy who escorted and protected cocaine deliveries and stole cash and drugs during traffic stops.

HOUSTON, Texas — A reward up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to the capture of a fugitive wanted for super aggravated sexual assault of a child, the Houston Crime Stoppers and Houston Police Department's Special Victims Division announced today.

HOUSTON, Texas — A driver was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after crashing into a Houston-area home early Monday morning, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.

HOUSTON, Texas — A reward up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest of an "armed and dangerous" gang member wanted on numerous felony charges that span more than a year during a violent crime spree, the Houston Crime Stoppers and Houston Police Department announced today.

HOUSTON, Texas — A man died after crashing into a disabled 18-wheeler on the shoulder of Houston's Southwest Freeway on Monday afternoon.

SPRING, Texas — The search continues for a missing runaway juvenile who was last seen three months ago leaving her residence in the Spring, Texas, area.

HOUSTON, Texas — The Houston Police Department is seeking the public's assistance identifying a person of interest for questioning in a shooting that occurred last week.

SPRING, Texas — A Pizza Hut employee was shot multiple times during an attempted robbery in the Spring area of Harris County on Sunday, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.

HOUSTON, Texas — A shooting investigation in the northeast Houston area led police to a nearby suspected drug house where over $2 million in narcotics were later seized.

HOUSTON, Texas — A man who fatally stabbed an 80-year-old woman in a Houston-area Walgreens parking lot was shot and killed by police on Saturday.

HOUSTON, Texas — Two men were seriously injured after being shot while driving in their car in the early morning hours Saturday.

HOUSTON, Texas — A now-former Texas deputy has pleaded guilty to charges for cyberstalking and sexual exploitation of a child he met on Minecraft.

SPRING, Texas — Two separate crashes in southeast Texas over the weekend tragically claimed the lives of seven people, according to police.

HOUSTON, Texas — A reward up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest 59-year-old Lonnie Scott, a fugitive wanted by the Houston Police Department's Special Victims Division on a charge for indecency with a child.

GALVESTON, Texas — A search for a missing boater continues Monday in the West Bay near Galveston.

HOUSTON, Texas — A naked man asleep behind the wheel on a Houston-area highway was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated and interfering with public duties.

HOUSTON, Texas — A man has been arrested and charged with intoxication manslaughter in connection with a fatal mid-day crash on Thursday.

HOUSTON, Texas — UPDATE — A man wanted in connection with a deadly shooting spree in Houston overnight has been captured, according to police.

HOUSTON, Texas — A reward up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest of a wanted fugitive accused of burning a child with a clothing iron.

GRIMES COUNTY, Texas — Police say no foul play is suspected after human skeletal remains were discovered in a heavily-wooded area in Grimes County.

PEARLAND, Texas — A Brazoria County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) deputy and a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) trooper suffered smoke inhalation after saving a woman trapped in a structure fire overnight.

THE WOODLANDS, Texas — UPDATE [May 5, 8:51 a.m.] — Austin Johnson has been found safe and returned to family, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office.

HOUSTON, Texas — Deputies with Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman's Office rescued five human trafficking victims, four of which were juveniles, after receiving a tip to their Human Trafficking Tip Line last week.

HOUSTON, Texas — The Houston Police Department has charged a man with murder in connection with the beating death of a wheel-chair bound elderly man outside of a home care facility last year.

HOUSTON, Texas — A Houston man has been charged with manslaughter in what police say appears to be an "unintentional" shooting of 17-year-old Zachary Jones.

HOUSTON, Texas — Three people were arrested during an early-morning raid last week in connection with a high-dollar mail and identity theft ring operating out of the Houston area. Five more people are being sought on similar warrants, according to police.

HOUSTON, Texas — The Houston Police Department is mourning the loss of Tactical Flight Officer Jason Knox.

BRENHAM, Texas — Today, the United State Justice Department announced that Texas-based ice cream manufacturer Blue Bell Creamiers L.P. has agreed to plead guilty to charges it shipped contaminated products linked to a listeriosis outbreak in 2015.

CONROE, Texas — The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's assistance locating a missing 12-year-old girl.

HOUSTON, Texas — It's been more than 15 months since 23-year-old D'mereay Hogg was shot to death at an apartment complex parking lot in Houston. Today, police announced an arrest in the case.

HOUSTON, Texas — A reward up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest of a fugitive accused of continuous sexual abuse of a child, Crime Stoppers announced yesterday.

HOUSTON, Texas — A Houston-area father allegedly discharged a firearm to scare his daughter during a verbal altercation on Wednesday, according to Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman.

PEARLAND, Texas — The owner of Zeroed in Armory in Pearland, Texas, has been arrested on charges for illegally selling firearms to convicted felons, U.S. District Attorney Ryan K. Patrick announced Thursday morning.

HOUSTON, Texas — UPDATE [Apr. 28] — 18-year-old Kevin White has been apprehended and charged with murder, a day after police announced a arrest warrants charging three Houston teens with murder in the shooting death of 53-year-old Daniel Musterman.

HOUSTON, Texas — A Texas man threatening to shoot his ex-girlfriend accidentally shot himself in the foot, according to police.