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Houstonian Condemned In Family Murder Plot Loses High Court Appeal

Michael Graczyk, AP

Posted on October 10, 2017 · Whitaker offered to take responsibility for the killings and accept life sentences but his attorneys said prosecutors rejected it because it contained no expression of remorse for the shooting deaths of his mother and his brother

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Houston police make nearly 50 New Year’s Eve arrests for celebratory gunfire, drunken driving

Adam Zuvanich

Posted on January 2, 2023 · The Houston Police Department says it arrested five people for illegally shooting guns on New Year's Eve, when a 12-year-old girl in Southwest Houston was grazed by a stray bullet and hospitalized.

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Lawsuit filed against Harris County deputy who shot and killed an unarmed Black man in 2018

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on September 20, 2022 · The lawsuit comes after the deputy was cleared of criminal liability in 2020 and after a federal lawsuit against the man was dismissed.

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Alligator attacks in Sugar Land have rowers on edge

Matthew Thomas

Posted on September 12, 2022 · Two alligator attacks in recent weeks at Oyster Creek in Sugar Land have residents and experts guessing at the cause of the incidents.

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Another shooting in Uvalde leaves 2 injured, police say there is no threat to the public

Dan Katz, Texas Public Radio

Posted on September 9, 2022 · Thursday's shooting occurred about a mile away from Robb Elementary School, where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers on May 24.

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