HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — After four years of grieving in private, the daughter of a man murdered during a violent home invasion is speaking up. Her father’s accused killer is charged with killing someone else while out of jail on bond, according to authorities. “It’s too much. Something needs to be done. Someone needs to take accountability for what they’re doing,” said Ena Jeter. “We’re very, very angry. It’s already been four years and now this happened.” Silvano Cortez, was shot to death inside his Greenspoint-area home in 2017 in front of his wife and with their two young daughters…
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An organization helping kids getting a better night sleep has found that a community is in a bigger need and is looking for help to expand production. A retirement project took on a whole new meaning for Gary Burns. “In the past, when I had a career, I was for charity mainly writing a check,” Burns recalled. “This just felt so much better to be able to do something with your hands.” It’s a hands-on charity that has turned his garage into a workshop. Sitting on top of saw dust are thousands of pieces of wood,…
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — The deadline has passed to submit applications for mail-in ballots for the 2022 Texas primaries, which take place in less than two weeks on March 1. Potential mail-in voters had until the end of the business day Friday to get their application to the office of their county election official. Even those who got their paperwork in at the last minute might still have to vote in person next month. Voters who submitted their application on time but had it returned due to corrections are no longer eligible to vote by mail from this point…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston couple has been indicted for capital murder in the death of an 8-year-old boy who was severely beaten, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Friday. Keyontae Holzendorf, 8, died in a west Houston motel room bathtub after being severely beaten, handcuffed, and bound with duct tape on March 23, 2021, investigators said. “The way this little boy died is almost unthinkable and absolutely horrifying” Ogg said. “We believe he was handcuffed, bound at the ankles and legs with ligatures and duct tape, had his mouth taped shut and was beaten so severely that…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston family lost their dog to a house fire in the Shady Acres area early Saturday morning. Houston Firefighters responded to a house fire on West 21st Street around 3 a.m. Firefighters said that the entire back of the house and a detached garage were burned. HFD says the family used an outdoor kitchen when the grill was not completely put out, which caught the house on fire. Firefighters say that everyone inside made it out safely, except one of the family dogs.
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — SWAT and Houston police responded to the scene where a man was found shot to death outside a home in The Heights on Saturday morning, police say. According to authorities, police were dispatched to the 300 block of West Ninth Street around 4 a.m. in response to a shooting when they found a man shot and killed with a firearm next to him. His identity has not been released. HPD says the man who died was in his 20s or 30s. Police detained a man who they described as a person of interest. When police arrived,…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man is hospitalized after being shot in southeast Houston during an argument with his family Saturday morning. Around midnight, Houston police were called to a home on Winterhaven Drive at Richwood Road. Houston Police Department says there was an argument between a man and his mother, and a couple of other men were there too. Investigators say someone pulled out a gun, and several individuals started fighting over the weapon. That’s when the man got shot. Police haven’t said who pulled the trigger, but everyone involved is in custody. Authorities say the man is in…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The community joined the parents of 9-year-old Arlene Alvarez in a march for justice after the man who shot and killed their daughter was released Friday night on bond. On Feb. 14, Houston police said Tony Earls shot and killed Arlene after he was robbed at a Chase Bank ATM in Gulfgate. Earls was charged with aggravated assault and posted a $100,000 bond. New surveillance video shows the unidentified, alleged thief who triggered the shooting. On Friday night, both men were free. Arlene’s parents, Armando and Gwen Alvarez, returned to the bank where their family vehicle…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police are looking into a deadly hit-and-run in southeast Houston, authorities say. When police arrived at the scene, they found a dead man with apparent trauma around 1 a.m. on Saturday at Mykawa near Almeda Genoa. An hour later, police got a call from a driver saying he thought he hit a deer and left the scene. Police later identified the driver as Daniel Martinez. Martinez was charged with failure to stop and render aid involving death. He was arrested on a $10,000 bond, according to court records.
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A man out on bond for murder, has been charged with murder a second time, court records show. Treveon Tatum, 20, was charged with murder in 2019 and made his $50,000 bond. He was accused of shooting and killing Ondreus Patterson, 18, outside of a home on Cypress Bay Drive Now, he has been arrested and charged for the alleged murder of 20-year-old John Kelly, according to court documents. The shooting happened just after 1 a.m. on Feb. 8 in the 800 block of Dunson Glen. Two others were injured that day after a barrage…
