East Side shooting sends 2 teenagers to hospital in critical condition, SAPD says
Two teenagers are in the hospital, one in critical condition, after a shooting on the city’s East Side late Monday night, according to San Antonio police.
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Man wounded in shooting outside home on South Side, police say
A man was taken to an area hospital after being shot in the foot on the city’s South Side late Monday night, according to San Antonio police.
US Coast Guard arrests 13 fishermen, seizes 2,160 pounds of illegally caught fish
The United States Coast Guard stopped three lanchas and seized 2,160 pounds of illegally caught fish off the Southern Texas coast. Authorities found 13 fishermen from Mexico illegally fishing north of the Maritime Boundary Line, the press release said.
Deleted texts helped convince jurors man killed trans woman because of gender ID, foreperson says
Elder said that determining the reason for committing the crime is “what took four hours.” COLUMBIA, S.C. — When jurors first began weighing the fate of a man charged with murdering the transgender woman he’d been seeing secretly, they had little problem concluding that he fired the gun, the jury foreperson said. The most difficult task … Read more
Roommates found dead in apparent murder-suicide near Jersey Village, deputies say
Though the two women were found dead Monday, deputies believe the women have been dead since Saturday. HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Two women were found dead Monday in an apparent murder-suicide at an apartment complex near Jersey Village, according to deputies. Though the two women were found dead Monday, deputies believe the women have been … Read more
AMBER Alert issued for two missing children in Wilmer, Texas
An Amber Alert has been issued for two missing children abducted by a 26-year-old woman, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Officials say Jazlyn Mendez and Jionny Mendez were last seen around 9:00 a.m. on Monday, in the 5900 block of S IH-45 in Wilmer, Texas.
‘You are a predator’: Dallas sex trafficking survivor gives gripping statement moments before the man who trafficked her gets 30-year sentence
Her testimony included multiple examples of physical and verbal abuse and the methods Daniel Settle used to conduct his sex trafficking ring. DALLAS — A federal judge sentenced a North Texas man to 30 years in prison Monday morning, nearly four months after a jury found him guilty of sex trafficking. Daniel Settle, 37, pled … Read more