Texas teen's grandmother turns him in to San Antonio police for allegedly shooting man

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And today on what feels like a dystopian TV show called How Badly Can Texas Continue To Miss The Point? we’re seeing schools in the The Lone Star State sending DNA kits to parents to help identify their kids’ bodies “in case of emergency”. Yes, really…

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have built a playground for children in Uvalde, Texas, four months on from the harrowing mass shooting that shook the globe. In May 2022, a gunman opened fire in a school and claimed the lives of 21 victims, before turning the gun on himself. Soon after the devastating ordeal, mum-of-two Meghan made a low-key trip to the Texan city where she paid her respects to the deceased.

A Texas woman was charged with murder Monday after authorities alleged she admitted to fatally stabbing her 5-year-old daughter in the neck at a park and wrapping her in bags. Melissa White Towne, 37, was booked in the Harris County Jail after she drove to a hospital emergency room Sunday and told staff she had killed her daughter, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. When a nurse opened the car door, she reportedly found Towne's daughter partially wrapped in plastic and mesh bags.

This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). A 30-year-old Texas police officer in San Antonio committed suicide in early October, marking the fifth suicide in the department by an officer or recently retired officer in the past seven months, which experts tell Fox News Digital is a stark reminder of the growing struggles police face doing their jobs amid the defund the police movement that has demonized officers nationwide.

Police in Texarkana, Texas, announced over the weekend the Oct. 7 arrest of a man they allege stole a truck and "scared the beejeebies" out of people by strolling around a Walmart parking lot with a hatchet in the front of his pants. Jerry Toney, 25, was apprehended by officers as he was getting into a black Dodge pickup at a Walmart while sporting a hatchet and baton in his pants, which he reportedly said he needed for protection, according to local KSLA.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection office at the Pharr International Bridges Cargo Facility in Texas has intercepted over a million dollars in alleged fentanyl.  On Thursday, officers assigned to the cargo facility encountered a commercial tractor-trailer arriving from Mexico.  An officer referred the vehicle for further inspection.  After utilizing non-intrusive inspection equipment and screening by a canine team, CBP found 19 packages of alleged fentanyl that had been concealed in the tractor.  PHARR, TX - APRIL 13: Police officers block the entrance to the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge on April 13, 2022, in Pharr, Texas.

A correctional officer was arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle 17.5 ounces of PCP and 21 ounces of liquid fentanyl into a prison last week in Lamesa, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said.  Gilma Parades is accused of trying to bring the drugs into the Preston E. Smith Unit on Oct.

A now-former San Antonio police officer has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault after last week’s shooting of a teenager who was eating a hamburger in his car in a McDonald’s parking lot. The 17-year-old is still unconscious and is on life support.

An Indiana man accused of smuggling three migrants crashed his car during a high-speed chase in Uvalde County recently, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.  Richard Diaz, 21, allegedly told police that he was being paid $3,000 per person to smuggle the migrants from the border community of Eagle Pass to San Antonio.  He was charged with two counts of human smuggling causing serious bodily injury, Texas DPS spokesman Christopher Olivarez told Fox News Digital.  The driver sped off during an apparent traffic stop in Uvalde County, Texas.  (Texas Department of Public Safety) Dashcam footage shows the driver accelerate away from an apparent traffic stop at night. As the driver sped through what appears to be a residential area, his vehicle spun out of control and careened off the road into a pole.  One of the migrants suffered a severe head injury, according to Texas DPS.Two of the migrants were males from Mexico, while the third was a woman from Guatemala.  The driver's vehicle careened off the road and wrecked into a pole.  (Texas Department of Public Safety) Diaz told the responding officer after the wreck that he "panicked."  It's the latest incident of human smuggling to strike Uvalde, which like other communities near the U.S.-Mexico border, has been inundated with migrants in recent months.  One of the migrants suffered a severe head injury, according to Texas DPS.  (Texas Department of Public Safety) Last month, a 17-year-old girl who police say was "involved in human smuggling" crashed a vehicle in downtown Uvalde, leaving two people dead and 10 others injured.  "The nightmare of the border crisis, when will it end?" Rep.Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, previously told Fox News Digital.

The family of 17-year-old Erik Cantu, who was shot multiple times by a former San Antonio police officer while eating a hamburger in a McDonald's parking lot earlier this month, said Tuesday that the teen is still on life support.  "At this time, there is no improvement in his condition. He is still unconscious and is on life support. The last two days have been difficult and we expect more difficulty ahead, but we remain hopeful," Cantu's family told Fox News Digital in a statement through their attorney, Brian Powers.  "We’d like to correct any misrepresentations that Erik is in ‘stable condition’ or he is 'going to be fine.' That is not true.

The superintendent of Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District announced his retirement this week, as the community still reels from the May 24 shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers. Hal Harrell's retirement was publicly announced in a now-privatized Facebook post from his wife, Donna Goates Harrell, on Sunday night.The retiring superintendent attended Monday's school board meeting after his announcement. "I am truly grateful for your support and well wishes.

A 21-year-old woman was shot to death on a sidewalk on the south side of Dallas last week after a dispute at a pickup basketball game went horribly wrong.

The family of a man brutally killed in Austin, Texas, told Fox News Digital that the county's Soros-backed progressive district attorney has ignored their objections to lenient sentences for all five defendants in the case and shown he "doesn't care" about crime victims. Christopher Branham, a 26-year-old father of two, was murdered on June 24, 2020, after being beaten and robbed in a mob-style attack at a Round Rock, Texas, motel by five individuals.

California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom's reelection campaign put up a billboard in Austin, Texas, promoting his state's abortion access for women. The billboard, placed just south of Stassney Lane in South Austin, features a woman sitting with her arms crossed over her knees looking toward a pro-abortion message that reads, "Need an abortion? California is ready to help."  The advertisement also includes California's abortion resources website and a Bible verse.  "Love your neighbor as yourself.There is no greater commitment than these," the billboard reads, quoting Mark 12:31.

A San Antonio police officer has been fired after shooting a teenager who was eating in a parking lot outside of a McDonald’s.

Police in Texas are investigating a deadly attempted robbery involving narcotics after four shooting victims were found inside a car, authorities said Saturday. The shooting happened around 7 p.m. Friday in the 1200 block of E.

A police chief in Texas was arrested on Thursday after allegedly soliciting prostitution from a minor. Thomas Peoples, 55, was the police chief in Oak Ridge, Texas.

The Uvalde school district has suspended its entire campus police department following the fallout from the horrific shooting at Robb Elementary School in Texas that killed 19 children and two teachers in May.

Two caretakers at a Texas nursing home are faced charges this week after video surveillance footage allegedly showed them injuring an 87-year-old man in his room. Solidago Health and Rehabilitation caretakers Lisa Cooper, 61, and Keycia Johnson, 57, turned themselves into Texas City police Thursday pending an investigation into the assault.  Both women were charged with injuring an elderly person, a second-degree felony. The Texas City nursing home said the women were immediately suspended and have since been fired.