MATHIS, Texas (AP) Six people were killed and three others seriously injured in a head-on collision in south Texas, according to Texas state police. A vehicle carrying four men was.
A pickup and van collided near Athens Monday morning, Jan. 11, fatally injuring a 78-year-old man Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Sara Warren said.
Now, one week later, the long-term response to this crisis seems unclear.
On Saturday, two days after Christmas, Cadarian Connell Parker, 19, was shot and killed on Houston Street on Killeenâs north side. A 5-year-old child was wounded in that same shooting.
The following day, three 18-year-old males were injured in a shooting that was caught on video in the 2700 block of Alma Drive. Shyheim Khali Matthews, 18, has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault-bodily injury with a deadly weapon in connection with that incident.
During a Monday press conference, Killeen Police Department Chief Charles Kimble stated very definitively that the incidents are gang related. Specifically, the Young Paper Chasers and the K-Town Mafia are the two gangs involved. He described these as âhybridâ gangs, without an identifiable leader and who make efforts to conceal their identity.
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A three-vehicle collision that occurred at 12:35 p.m. Monday on State Highway 199 resulted in the death of a Springtown mother and two children.
The Tarrant County Medical Examiner identified the woman as Brittany Nicole Counts, 25. Preliminary investigation indicates a 2007 Ford Edge was traveling east on Texas 199 behind a 2017 GMC pickup. The GMC, driven by Michael Pesqueda, 50, of Springtown, slowed to turn left onto Park View Court. The driver of the Edge failed to control her speed and took evasive action moving to the left to try and avoid the GMC. She was not able to avoid striking the GMC in the rear with the front right of the Edge, Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Richard Hunter said. That caused the Edge to spin clockwise into the westbound lane of travel where it was struck by a 2016 Ford F-150 pickup.The Ford struck the Edge in the passenger compartment. The collision killed the 25-year-old driver and two juvenile p
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
A search is on for a missing Texas State student after law enforcement officials found his car near Salt Flat Road in Luling early Monday morning.
The missing student is believed to be Jason David Landry, 21, according to TexasEquuSearch Search and Rescue. Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Deon Cockrell said the search is ongoing with multiple law enforcement agencies involved, including Texas Search and Rescue’s K9 team. The TexasEquuSearch stated that Landry disappeared after being involved in a one-car accident Monday morning. He is described as white male, approximately 6-foot-1 and 170 pounds.
Anyone with additional information is asked to contact the DPS at 844-643-2251 or the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office at 512 398-6777.