San Antonio , Texas – A man was shot on Saturday afternoon after he got into an altercation with a 69-year-old man at the Shops at River Center. San Antonio Police Department reports an officer on duty at the retail center told dispatch he’d heard gunfire nearby. The officer immediately responded to the scene to find […]
Harris County, Texas – One burglar was shot, and his two accomplices where arrested after forcing entry into a disabled woman’s home on Saturday afternoon. According to KHOU, Harris County Sheriff’s Office reports dispatching deputies to Carrington Place Apartments located in the 12700 block of FM 1960 W. to a 911 call about a shooting. […]
Austin, Texas – Austin Police Department says officers were dispatched to multiple reports of shots fired inside a Northeast apartment complex late February 18th. One caller said that a man had been shot and had died outside their apartment in the breeze way. Officers arrived at Creekside on Palmer Lane Apartments at around 10:30 p.m. […]
Dallas, Texas – A man was killed after a confrontation with a hired security guard late Tuesday night. According to Dallas Police Department (DPD), officers were dispatched to an apartment complex located on Monmouth Ln. in West Oak Cliff, at around 8:30 p.m. Police arriving first to the scene found the body of 26-year-old Jamal […]
White Settlement, Texas – A man opened fire inside a church Sunday morning just before communion was offered to parishioners, killing two before he was himself killed by an armed church security member. Dramatic footage of the event was being live streamed to the internet and shows how quickly a situation can turn deadly. The […]
Channelview, Texas – A Texas homeowner killed 3 home invaders after they broke into his home early Monday morning. According to Harris County Sheriff, Ed Gonzalez, a Channelview homeowner heard noises coming from outside his trailer home and when he went to investigate, he saw three men all dressed in black, trying to force their […]
Dallas, Texas — A Papa John’s delivery driver defended himself from 2 teenage boys late Tuesday night. According to police, officers were dispatched to the scene of a shooting in the 8100 block of Southwestern Blvd. near Greenville Ave. at around 10:30 p.m. When they arrived, they found a 15-year-old, and a 17-year-old male suffering […]
Temple, Texas — A man is recovering after he was attacked for not letting another man hold his phone to make a call. According to Eric Holder, he and his family were eating dinner at Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers located at 2304 S. 31st St. at around 7 p.m., when he was approached by a […]
We mortals have things in our past we aren’t proud of. Times in our lives when the faces of governmental deities frown down from their marbled halls of justice and dispense bolts of legal rebuke. Some of us were overlooked, others were caught, but we pick ourselves up and move past, upward and onward. We […]
Interaction between police and License To Carry (LTC) holders can be a tense situation for both parties involved. Police officers are understandably wary of armed individuals. But we upstanding citizens can help relieve some of that tension by understanding the laws behind a lawful stop by a Texas peace officer. GC §411.205. Requirement to Display […]
