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Many Texans gathered Monday to honor the life of Jesus "Jesse" Vargas, the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office Deputy killed ...

The suspect wanted in the shooting of a deputy from the Orange County Sheriff's Office is dead after being shot by a Louisville Metro Police officer Saturday. According to a release from the ...

The U.S. Marshal’s Service released a photo of its K9, Rocky, released Friday from an animal hospital.He was shot in the neck ...

The Duncanville Police Department has ended the BLUE Alert for Robert Davis III, a suspect in the killing of a Brazoria ...

He's on the mend! Just two days after being shot twice by a suspect hiding in a dumpster, federal K-9 officer Rocky is back ...

A man fatally shot a Texas sheriff's deputy Wednesday at a shopping plaza in Houston and then evaded officers for hours before shooting a K-9 that helped find him hiding under trash in a dumpster, ...

More than 200 law enforcement vehicles escorted the hearse containing Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Jesus “Jesse” ...

Two public services will be held next week in remembrance of Deputy Jesus Vargas, who was killed in a shooting Wednesday.

There will be opportunities for the public to honor the life and legacy of Brazoria County Deputy Jesus Vargas, who was ...

When Rocky was able to sniff out the suspect hiding in a dumpster, the suspect shot the K-9 three times in the neck, the ...

A Brazoria County man says Christopher Sean Davis shot and critically injured him in October after he confronted him about stealing his truck.