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Houston's murder rate in 2005 ranked 46th of U.S. cities with a population over 250,000 in 2005 (per capita rate of 16.3 murders per 100,000 population). [1] In 2010, the city's murder rate (per capita rate of 11.8 murders per 100,000 population) was ranked sixth among U.S. cities with a population of over 750,000 (behind New York City, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia) [2 ...
The Texas Killing Fields is a title used to roughly denote the area surrounding the Interstate Highway 45 corridor southeast of Houston, where since the early 1970s, more than 30 bodies have been found, and specifically to a 25-acre patch of land in League City, Texas [1] where four women were found between 1983 and 1991.
Gunman shot neighbors, killing 5 people, before fleeing into a wooded area. 2023 Allen, Texas outlet mall shooting: Allen: May 6, 2023: 9: Gunman shot eight people before being shot by police. 2023 Austin shootings: Austin, Texas: December 4-5 2023: 6: Gunman killed six people in a spree shooting before being arrested.
Nearly 70% of the 223 people officers shot died. Forty-nine officers were also shot, six fatally. ... Houston’s 6,000-person police force was an early adopter. In January 2018, as then-Police ...
Gun-related suicides and homicides in the United States [1] Gun deaths in U.S. in proportional relationship to total population (2012 analysis, based on 2008 data). Gun violence is a term of political, economic and sociological interest referring to the tens of thousands of annual firearms-related deaths and injuries occurring in the United States.
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.
2019 Dayton shooting: A gunman shot 26 people, killing 9, including his transgender sibling, and wounding 17 others outside of a bar. Ten others were wounded as they fled the scene. The perpetrator was killed by police after the first shots were fired in 32 seconds. August 3, 2019 El Paso, Texas: 23 [n 12]
The approach of Hurricane Rita towards the United States Gulf Coast in September 2005 triggered one of the largest mass evacuations in U.S. history. Between 2.5 and 3.7 million people evacuated from the Gulf coast, mostly from the Greater Houston area of Texas, with forecasts from the National Hurricane Center projecting Rita to strike the ...