The Dallas police chief says a man accused of fatally shooting a Dallas police officer and wounding two others was targeting police.

Federal prosecutors say a Dallas anesthesiologist has been convicted for injecting a nerve-blocking agent and other drugs into bags of intravenous fluid at a surgical center where he worked, which led to the death of a coworker and caused cardiac emergencies for several patients.

The Dallas Police Department has released body camera footage of a near drowning at a lake.

During a recent street racing incident, Austin residents faced long 911 wait times. City officials say they need to increase staffing for 911 call takers, but state license and background check requirements make it difficult to fill positions.

The Dallas Police Department has released an image and video of a man wanted in connection with the disappearance of two monkeys at the Dallas Zoo.

Federal agents have arrested a Dallas anesthesiologist on charges alleging that he injected nerve-blocking agents and other drugs into bags of intravenous fluids at the surgical center where he works, causing the death of a co-worker and cardiac emergencies for several patients.

Dallas police late Thursday released a 10-page report detailing an altercation outside a hotel earlier this month involving Michelle Barrientes Vela that led to the indicted ex-constable being barred from leaving Bexar County ahead of her public corruption trial next month.

The lead up to the felony trial of Michelle Barrientes Vela took a bizarre turn Friday after she was accused of accosting a Texas House of Representatives candidate and a prominent community advocate who were in Dallas to attend the Texas Democratic Convention.

How does a 15-year-old girl go to a bathroom at an NBA arena, never make it back to her seat, and ends up being found a week and a half later being sold for sex in a hotel more than 200 miles away? That’s what the family of the teen want to know -- especially because they say there are so many people, including police -- who could have prevented the incident from happening.

A pair of UTSA criminology professors are working with SAPD to come up with an evidence-based crime prevention plan to reduce crime citywide.

An AMBER Alert was issued for two children who were last seen in the Dallas area Tuesday afternoon, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Hall's explanation came hours after Riser, 36, was arrested on two counts of capital murder. “It took persistence and months of dedication to accomplish, and the people of Dallas are safe because of it,” Hall said. AdThree men were charged with capital murder in the killing of Saenz: Kevin Kidd, 32; Emmanuel Kilpatrick, 34; and Jermon Simmons, 38. Kidd and Simmons are jailed on capital murder charges stemming from the killings of Saenz and the father and son. Instead, the man told investigators that Riser offered to pay him a total of $9,500 to kidnap and kill Douglas and later Saenz, the affidavit says.

DALLAS – Dallas-area rapper Mo3 is believed to be dead following a highway shooting on Wednesday. Several area media outlets and personalities have said that the man who died in the attack is Melvin Noble A.k.a Mo3. WFAA-TV in Dallas reported that an investigation followed the shooting on Interstate Highway 35 near Clarendon Drive. “A man was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon on a Dallas highway. — DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) November 11, 2020Related: Rapper Tory Lanez charged with shooting Megan Thee Stallion

Update (Noon):Chasity Collins, 3, has been found safe, according to the Dallas Police Department. Critical missing Chasity Collins has been located and is safe. Posted by Dallas Police Department on Wednesday, September 23, 2020Original (8 a.m.):An AMBER Alert has been issued for 3-year-old Chasity Collins in Dallas after a car she was sitting in was stolen. Amber Alert - Critical Missing Chasity Collins. The Dallas Police Department is asking anyone with information to call 911 or 214-671-4268.

Dallas Police Chief U. Rene Hall at The Texas Tribune Festival in 2017. Credit: Qiling Wang for The Texas TribuneDallas Police Chief U. Rene Hall will leave her position on Nov. 10, according to a statement from Dallas City Manager T.C. Hall was heavily criticized by six City Council members after anti-police brutality protests in Dallas in the wake of George Floyds killing. A federal judge later temporarily banned the City of Dallas from using tear-gas and other non-lethal weapons against peaceful crowds. Prior to working in Dallas, she was the deputy chief of the Detroit Police Department.

DALLAS – Five officers with the Dallas Police Department were given Monday off as a precaution after they arrested a man who claimed to have coronavirus. According to media reports, the man told detention officers at the Dallas County Jail that he had the virus, which has increasingly raised concerns across the country, after he was arrested on an assault charge. Parkland Hospital officials told the Dallas Morning News that they are monitoring the 24-year-old suspect out of caution. After he was treated for his injuries, he was released to police officers, taken to jail and charged with assault family violence. The Dallas County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that there are currently no cases of the coronavirus in the Dallas County Jail.