Fireworks start fire in garage at north Harris County apartment

Officials encourage the public to douse their fireworks with water before putting them in the trash or to leave them outside away from combustibles.

HCSO: Woman shot after honking horn to bring attention to her mugger

Deputies say a woman was shot after she honked her horn to draw attention to a mugger, who held her husband at gunpoint demanding they withdraw money at a north Houston ATM.

3 people shot after suspect went into Katy bar and 'randomly opened gunfire into the crowd'

Harris County deputies are looking into what events led up to three people shot after an unidentified suspect was said to have walked into a bar in Katy and “randomly opened gunfire."

One killed in crash on I-10 in Harris County, authorities investigating

According to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, the crash occurred at 22857 IH-10 Katy Freeway, in the westbound (outbound) main lanes.

Fireworks, festivals & parades: Fourth of July events in the Houston area

Need Fourth of July plans? Check out this list of festivals, parades and firework shows around the Houston area this Independence Day weekend.

Houston police: Mother dead after man shot her as she held 1-year-old son

Houston police say the 24-year-old mother died at the hospital after she was shot multiple times, and her 1-year-old son was also wounded.

HCSO: 4 masked men armed with hi-powered weapons, body armor break into home, kill homeowner

Sheriff's deputies say four masked men armed with what they described as "hi-powered weapons and body armor" broke into a home in east Harris County and fatally shot the homeowner.

Driver found shot after crash in southeast Houston

After arriving at the scene of a reported crash, Houston police found the driver had been shot in the arm and the chest.

Teen shot, man grazed during drive-by shooting in north Houston

A 15-year-old boy was shot in the leg and a man was grazed by a bullet in a drive-by shooting in the parking lot of a car wash in north Houston, police say.