Questions After Balch Springs Officer Shoots, Kills 15-Year-Old
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter UPDATE: The Dallas County Medical Examiner confirms a rifle shot to the head as the preliminary cause of death. BALCH SPRINGS (CBSDFW.COM) – An investigation...
View ArticleAfter Firing, More Calls For Charges Against Balch Springs Officer
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter BALCH SPRINGS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Balch Springs police officer who shot and killed a 15-year-old high school freshman this past weekend is now out of a job and...
View ArticleCity Of Balch Springs Facing Racial Backlash After Shooting
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter BALCH SPRINGS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The Dallas suburb where a white police officer shot and killed a black teenager as he left a party has a population that’s just...
View ArticleDemocrats Criticize Texas Governor’s Reaction To Police Shooting
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (AP) — Top Texas Democrats on Thursday decried Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s muted response to the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white police...
View ArticleOfficer Who Fatally Shot Teen Had Once Been Suspended
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (AP) — Records show that a Texas police officer who was fired for fatally shooting a teenager was briefly suspended in 2013 following a complaint about his...
View ArticleFamily Sues Texas Officer, Department In 15-Year-Old’s Death
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The family of a black 15-year-old shot and killed by a white Balch Springs police officer has sued the officer and his department,...
View ArticleRemembering Kaytlynn Cargill
DALLAS (CBS11) – Crowds of friends, students, parents and some family huddled together on Thursday night outside Central Junior High School in Euless to remember Kaytlynn Cargill. The 14-year-old went...
View ArticlePolice: Girl May Have Been Electrocuted By Phone In Bathtub
LOVINGTON, N.M. (AP) – Police in New Mexico are investigating whether a Texas teenager was electrocuted when she grabbed her charging cellphone while bathing. Detective Sgt. David Miranda of the...
View ArticleCrisis Counselors At Lake Highlands High After Teen Killed
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A Lake Highlands High School student has died after what investigators believe was an accidental shooting. Today students, faculty and staff are grieving the loss of 14-year-old...
View ArticleFamily Mourns Teen Killed In ‘Reckless’ Shooting
DALLAS (CBS11) – Family and friends will hold a candlelight vigil Thursday night for 14-year-old Azeneth Pina. Dallas Police say the Lake Highlands High School student was killed in what they call a...
View ArticleFamily Of Teen Shot And Killed Doesn’t Buy Boyfriend’s Story
EVERMAN (CBS11) – The family of a 15-year-old girl who was shot and killed in Tarrant County is not buying the story her boyfriend told CBS11 exclusively on Sunday before he was arrested. No one has...
View ArticleFamily Of North Texas Teen Killed In A Bus Crash Asks For Safer Buses
NORTH TEXAS (CBS11 I-TEAM) – The Pelton’s say they remember every softball game their daughter, Jaiden, played. “She was catcher or center field,” Keith Pelton said. Jaiden Pelton (Pelton family) She...
View ArticleCentral Texas Teen Accidentally Shot To Death By Relative
HILLSBORO, Texas (AP) — Police in Central Texas say a 15-year-old girl was shot and killed by a family member in an accidental shooting as she played a video game. Hillsboro police say Jayla Riggs was...
View ArticleTeen Dies In Drive-By Shooting In Dallas, Second Teen In Hospital
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A Samuell High School ninth grader, Natalie Hernandez, 14, was shot and killed and a 16-year-old boy, also a student there, is in stable condition. The drive-by shooting happened...
View ArticleClassmates Honor Memory Of Student-Athlete Killed In Crash
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Friends and classmates gathered at a Jesuit Dallas soccer game Friday to remember a popular teenager, Guy DeLaney, killed in a car crash. Guy DeLaney “He was like the first real...
View ArticleSecond Package Explosion In As Many Weeks Kills Teen; Woman Hurt
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Authorities say a package that exploded inside of an Austin home on Monday, killing a teenager and wounding a woman, is believed to be linked to a deadly package sent to...
View ArticleAustin Police: Second Explosion Today Similar To Others That Killed 2
AUSTIN, TX (CBSDFW.COM) –Austin police say that today’s second explosion, and third of the month, is similar to two other previous incidents that happened in that city. The first was on March 2 and the...
View ArticleWarnings Across Texas After Deadly Package Explosions In Austin
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A sense of fear is sweeping through the city of Austin and across Texas after three package bombs, left on doorsteps in suburban neighborhoods, have exploded in less than two...
View ArticleAustin Explosion: 2 Men Hurt In Latest Blast; Cause Unclear
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Two people were injured in another explosion in Austin Sunday night, and police are not ruling out a connection to the three previous explosions that detonated earlier this...
View ArticleAfter 4th Austin Explosion PD Says They’re Dealing With “Serial Bomber”
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Over the weekend Austin was rocked by the fourth bombing this month. Investigators believe the blast, that injured two people walking along the side of the road, was triggered...
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