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A Jacksboro officer and a Jack County deputy were dispatched to a home on a domestic disturbance call. Two women were able to escape and met officers near the Jack County Memorial Park. Vanessa K. Massengale reported that she had been assaulted by her husband, Lewis E. Massengale II. Officers attempted to contact Lewis, but were unsuccessful. Police entered the residence at 7:27 a.m. and found Lewis dead.

https://www.jacksboronewspapers.com/news/standoff-ends-one-dead

About 4 a.m., officers responded to a report of shots fired. Officers arrived at the location and began to canvass the vicinity for a maroon sport utility vehicle firing a weapon. An officer spotted a maroon Lincoln SUV with paper plates and conducted a traffic stop along with assisting officers. Guillermo Gonzalez-Gonzalez was the lone occupant. The officers shot and killed Gonzalez. Gonzalez reportedly had two guns with him at the time of the incident: a semiautomatic handgun and a long rifle.

https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Man-ID-d-in-fatal-officer-related-shooting-16543924.php

At approximately noon, officers were dispatched to an apartment complex for a family disturbance involving a gun. A caller reported seeing a man with a gun, shooting into the air and pointing the gun at a woman. The woman involved also called police and reported that Christopher Ryan Vasquez was trying to kill her. Officers arrived and Vasquez barricaded himself in his apartment. He occasionally approached the window and cursed at officers while holding one and sometimes two handguns. He also pointed the guns at his own head and at one point placed one in his mouth. He reportedly said he was not going to come out peacefully, threatened suicide, and stated he was going to kill himself. At approximately 6:41 p.m., officers sent gas into the apartment, and Vasquez fired his handgun toward an armored vehicle, and an officer fired one round at him. He fell away from the window and out of sight. Shortly after, additional gunfire could be heard from inside the apartment. A robot camera revealed Vasquez lying dead on the floor of the apartment with a gun nearby.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TbeNNeTv_MNiTepZl3tKKG92-axOj7NS/view 

Officers pursued a man reportedly wanted for several felony offenses through multiple counties before he fatally shot himself in the head. Police said the man in his 20s was found in his vehicle with a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the end of the chase around 10 p.m.

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/10/12/1-dead-in-pursuit-of-robbery-suspect-san-antonio-police-say/

Officers were responding to a DWI call a block away when they heard gunshots in the entertainment district at around 1 a.m. The officers arrived to find two groups of men shooting at one another. An officer began firing at the men. Michael "Mikey" Carothers was killed. It was not immediately known whether the teen was killed by officer-fired bullets or from the other group involved in the shooting.

https://austonia.com/sixth-street-officer-shooting 

On October 5, 2021, U.S. deputy marshals were serving an arrest warrant on 43-year-old Daniel Garcia in a parking lot near the Whispering Wind apartment complex in Corpus Christi, Texas. During the operation, Garcia was shot and killed. It was reported that Garcia was unarmed at the time of the shooting.

https://www.kristv.com/news/local-news/corpus-christi-woman-reacts-to-us-marshals-shooting-and-killing-her-neighbor

At approximately 10:30 p.m., an officer with the Houston Police Department spotted a man who was driving a white Infiniti G37, doing doughnuts in a parking lot. When the officer activated his sirens in an attempt to conduct a traffic stop, police said he fled at high speed down the residential street. He then allegedly hit three valets, 22-year-old Eric Orduna, 23-year-old Nick Rodriguez, and 18-year-old Fnan Measho, before flipping the vehicle and crashing into a fence.

https://abc13.com/prospect-park-workers-killed-fnan-measho-eric-orduna-nick-rodriguez/11076546/

At approximately 10:30 p.m., an officer with the Houston Police Department spotted a man who was driving a white Infiniti G37, doing doughnuts in a parking lot. When the officer activated his sirens in an attempt to conduct a traffic stop, police said he fled at high speed down the residential street. He then allegedly hit three valets, 22-year-old Eric Orduna, 23-year-old Nick Rodriguez, and 18-year-old Fnan Measho, before flipping the vehicle and crashing into a fence.

https://abc13.com/prospect-park-workers-killed-fnan-measho-eric-orduna-nick-rodriguez/11076546/ 

At approximately 10:30 p.m., an officer with the Houston Police Department spotted a man who was driving a white Infiniti G37, doing doughnuts in a parking lot. When the officer activated his sirens in an attempt to conduct a traffic stop, police said he fled at high speed down the residential street. He then allegedly hit three valets, 22-year-old Eric Orduna, 23-year-old Nick Rodriguez, and 18-year-old Fnan Measho, before flipping the vehicle and crashing into a fence.

https://abc13.com/prospect-park-workers-killed-fnan-measho-eric-orduna-nick-rodriguez/11076546/ 

Deputies received a call for a suspicious person outside of a convenience store, which led to a short pursuit around 8 a.m. A deputy who had stopped at the store to take a break was told by a store clerk that the man, Nicholas Norris, who was outside, had been scaring customers over the past few days. Norris fled. A deputy reported that Norris was driving in circles and driving erratically on Potranco Road. The deputies reengaged a pursuit because it was rush hour. Deputy Joseph Trevino shot at the vehicle, killing Norris.

https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/law-enforcement/deputies-investigating-shooting-in-west-bexar-county/273-09626759-2e85-4ecf-9357-7d87b16811af

About 2:30 p.m., police responded to a disturbance call. Officers were unable to locate the disturbance but began looking around the area. In the Wendy's parking lot, officers saw a woman holding a rifle at her side and heard several gunshots. Strong, still holding the rifle, began to run east, and an officer shot and killed her. When officers got to the parking lot, they found Michael Anthony Cooper, 24, with gunshot wounds lying between two vehicles.

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/armed-woman-dies-officer-involved-shooting-wendys-parking-lot-allen-texas/?utm_

Around 1:30 a.m., the Zavala County Sheriff's Office heard a call from the Crystal City Police Department. The officer with CCPD was in pursuit of a white Chevy Camaro that was traveling north toward La Pryor. The deputy deployed a tire deflection device and the Camaro rolled over, crashed, and was engulfed in flames. Driver Gabriel Salazar, 19, and passengers Jose Luis Jimenez-Mora, 41, Jose Molina-Lara, 23, and Sergio Espinoza-Flores, 36, were killed.

https://news4sanantonio.com/newsletter-daily/four-killed-after-pursuit-near-la-pryor-ends-in-fiery-rollover-crash

On September 25, 2021, an AMBER Alert was issued for 8-year-old Jessi Marie Lowery, who had been abducted in Central Texas. The suspect, identified as 34-year-old Anthony Thurman, was found deceased following the incident. Reports indicate that Thurman died in a car crash after the abduction. The Bosque County Sheriff's Office confirmed that Jessi Marie Lowery was found alive and safe. The circumstances surrounding Thurman's death were not detailed in the available reports.

• https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/09/25/two-children-safe-suspect-dead-following-abduction-in-central-texas-sheriff-says/
• https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/amber-alert-7-year-old-girl-abducted-by-34-year-old-man

A relative of a Bosque County boy and girl, Randall Thurman, 34, abducted the siblings and was killed when he intentionally steered a car into the path of an oncoming motorist as deputies pursued him. The other driver, Maureena Charles Reid, 85, was also killed in the collision in Johnson County.

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article254520872.html 

Around 1:30 a.m., the Zavala County Sheriff's Office heard a call from the Crystal City Police Department. The officer with CCPD was in pursuit of a white Chevy Camaro that was traveling north toward La Pryor. The deputy deployed a tire deflection device and the Camaro rolled over, crashed, and was engulfed in flames. Driver Gabriel Salazar, 19, and passengers Jose Luis Jimenez-Mora, 41, Jose Molina-Lara, 23, and Sergio Espinoza-Flores, 36, were killed.

https://news4sanantonio.com/newsletter-daily/four-killed-after-pursuit-near-la-pryor-ends-in-fiery-rollover-crash

Around 1:30 a.m., the Zavala County Sheriff's Office heard a call from the Crystal City Police Department. The officer with CCPD was in pursuit of a white Chevy Camaro that was traveling north toward La Pryor. The deputy deployed a tire deflection device and the Camaro rolled over, crashed, and was engulfed in flames. Driver Gabriel Salazar, 19, and passengers Jose Luis Jimenez-Mora, 41, Jose Molina-Lara, 23, and Sergio Espinoza-Flores, 36, were killed.

https://news4sanantonio.com/newsletter-daily/four-killed-after-pursuit-near-la-pryor-ends-in-fiery-rollover-crash

Around 1:30 a.m., the Zavala County Sheriff's Office heard a call from the Crystal City Police Department. The officer with CCPD was in pursuit of a white Chevy Camaro that was traveling north toward La Pryor. The deputy deployed a tire deflection device and the Camaro rolled over, crashed, and was engulfed in flames. Driver Gabriel Salazar, 19, and passengers Jose Luis Jimenez-Mora, 41, Jose Molina-Lara, 23, and Sergio Espinoza-Flores, 36, were killed.

https://news4sanantonio.com/newsletter-daily/four-killed-after-pursuit-near-la-pryor-ends-in-fiery-rollover-crash 

At 2:25 p.m., McKinney police received a 911 call from a relative of a man reported to be suicidal and armed in a home. Officers arrived and tried to make contact with the man for almost an hour, trying to get him to come out of the home. Once he did come out of the home, he pointed a shotgun at officers who shot and killed him.

https://starlocalmedia.com/mckinneycouriergazette/news/man-dead-following-officer-involved-shooting-in-mckinney/article_0503d134-1cc4-11ec-ad49-1704a6223558.html

Officer William "Bill" Jeffrey and Sgt. Michael Vance arrived at an apartment complex to arrest 30-year-old Deon Ledet just before 7:30 a.m. The officers were serving a warrant for Ledet's arrest for skipping bond on two felony drug charges from November 2020. After the officers announced their presence, Ledet opened fire from inside the apartment. Ledet reportedly was armed with a handgun and an assault rifle. Ledet was killed. Jeffrey, 54, died of multiple gunshots. Vance, 53, was wounded and expected to survive.

https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/new-details-shootout-hpd-officer-suspect-dead-aeropark/285-a18db4b0-cdf1-4033-ac7b-22ac2ebf8460 

Deputies were dispatched after receiving a call about a disturbance and a person with a weapon. When deputies arrived, they spoke with the 911 caller who confirmed that the man was a family member and still inside the home. Dan Ross Boyd allegedly had already discharged a weapon several times with people inside the home. While trying to make contact, Boyd fired a weapon at deputies outside the home. The deputies shot and killed him.

https://www.kbtx.com/2021/09/17/suspect-killed-walker-county-deputy-involved-shooting/ 

An officer was called to a location where a person was reported in the roadway. As the officer arrived, the woman allegedly turned and advanced on the officer, slashing at him with a machete. The officer reportedly tasered and then shot and killed her.

https://www.kltv.com/2021/09/17/machete-wielding-woman-shot-by-hawkins-police-after-advancing-officer/

Deputies arrived after 1:30 a.m. at a game room near Channelview. One man was killed near the entrance. It was uncertain if he was wounded during an exchange of gunfire with a deputy or earlier during a possible encounter with a security guard, but since he was alive during the exchange, police were present during his death.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/One-dead-in-Channelview-during-armed-robbery-of-16454453.php

Around 12:02 a.m., officers were doing a routine drug patrol when they approached a man in his vehicle. The man, Rodolfo Gonzales, noticed officers approaching, and he reportedly tried to avoid arrest. Gonzales allegedly tried to pull a handgun from his waistband, and the officers shot and killed him.

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/09/12/man-shot-killed-by-officers-after-reaching-for-gun-while-avoiding-arrest-police-say/

A deputy pulled over an SUV, and one of the passengers bailed out of the car and took off on foot with a backpack. The deputy called for backup and another deputy began a chase on foot. William Frank Hull allegedly shot at the deputy, who shot and killed him.

https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/suspect-dead-after-shooting-at-bexar-county-sheriffs-deputy-during-traffic-stop 

William Escano Yah was believed to be involved in a Sept. 5 quadruple murder. The bodies of 37-year-old Jairo Escano; his wife Elvira, 46; and their two kids: 13-year-old Isabel and 10-year-old Jairo Jr., were found after fire crews extinguished a fire at their home. He was killed by an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after officers attempted to arrest him about 8:20 a.m.

https://abc13.com/escano-family-murders-man-suspected-of-killing-4-suicide-at-burnett-bayland-park-houston-murder-suspect-killed/11010584/

Deputies were serving a felony warrant with Lufkin police officers assisting. Around 5 p.m., officers went to Bigs, formerly known as Cherry's Grocery, to arrest a customer who was wanted by the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole. When confronted, Richard Woods allegedly produced a handgun and aimed it at the deputy. The deputy then shot Woods. He allegedly reached for the handgun, which he had dropped, and the Lufkin Police officer also shot him. Whose bullet killed him was not immediately reported.

https://www.kltv.com/2021/09/07/lufkin-police-assisting-with-multi-agency-investigation-former-cherrys-grocery/

Following a call of a man attacking another man with a rifle about midnight, officers arrived to find a man standing in front of two mobile homes, bleeding from his head. The victim and a woman who was with him said they were robbed of their car keys, wallet, and cellphone by an armed white man. The victim said the suspect hit him in the head with the butt of a long gun. The victim directed officers to a mobile home on the backside of the property. Officers approached the mobile home and found the front door open but draped with a sheet. An officer knocked on the open door and seconds later, the man emerged with a rifle in his hands. Anthony Cravo allegedly raised the gun as if to shoot the officer. The officer shot and killed Cravo.

https://kicks105.com/lufkin-police-report-suspect-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting/ 

About 3:30 p.m., a Garland police officer stopped the driver of a Honda Accord. When the officer reportedly found evidence of drugs inside the car, the driver, Bobby Lee Murphy, 37, sped away. Police pursued Murphy, who also had two passengers in the car, but lost him as he drove north on Garland Avenue. Another officer spotted Murphy, who drove through a red light at an intersection and hit a silver Toyota. The driver of the Toyota, Karla Rico, was killed. Her son was taken to the hospital in critical condition.

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/crime/texas-woman-killed-son-injured-after-chase-suspect-runs-red-light-in-garland-police-say/287-ac07608a-8c9e-4031-aef2-bf5630799d2e

About 6 a.m., a U.S. Border Patrol agent apprehended four migrants near the Rio Grande River. The agent handcuffed the four migrants to each other using three pairs of handcuffs. A female migrant managed to slip her hand from the handcuff as the agent assisted the migrants through a barbed wire fence en route to a Border Patrol unit. She then ran towards the Rio Grande approximately 50 feet and then fell from a 20-foot cliff in the darkness and died.

https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/migrant-woman-escape-custody-fall-death-Rio-Grande-16439846.php 

Officers were pursuing a sedan at approximately 2 a.m. During the chase, officers received a call from White Settlement police that the vehicle had been involved in past drive-by shootings and there was reason to believe occupants were considered armed and dangerous. Police pursued into Fort Worth. Three people got out of the sedan and tried to flee on foot. One of the three people allegedly pointed a weapon at one of the officers, who shot and killed Estevan Xavier Ramirez.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/lake-worth-police-fatally-shoot-1-person-after-pursuit-ends-in-fort-worth-police/2733758/

On September 3, 2021, around 6 a.m., a U.S. Border Patrol agent apprehended four migrants near the Rio Grande River in Laredo, Texas. The agent handcuffed the four migrants to each other using three pairs of handcuffs. As the agent assisted the migrants through a barbed wire fence en route to a Border Patrol unit, a female migrant managed to slip her hand from the handcuff. She then ran approximately 50 feet toward the Rio Grande and fell from a 20-foot cliff in the darkness, sustaining fatal injuries. The Laredo Fire Department arrived at the scene and declared her deceased. The incident is under review by the Laredo Police Department, the Webb County Medical Examiner's Office, and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Professional Responsibility. The DHS Office of Inspector General was notified of the incident.

https://www.aclutx.org/sites/default/files/field_documents/cbp_fatal_encounters_details_-_06072022.pdf

Deputies were called after a man rammed several vehicles during an altercation with family members at a church. They spotted him driving the wrong way down the Hardy Toll Road. The 20-minute chase came to an end around 10:20 p.m. when the man ran over the deputy and crashed into a family member's home. Four deputy constables and a Houston police officer opened fire, killing the man.

https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/chase-north-houston-officer-involved-shooting/285-fb3c21b3-11fe-41f7-81f4-3782e83b61db 

Officers responded to reports of the man assaulting his wife. Upon arrival, the man fled in a gray Honda Accord, heading north on Hillcroft Avenue. He lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the back of a black Ford F-450 truck, resulting in his death. His wife was transported to a hospital for treatment of injuries sustained during the assault.

https://abc13.com/man-killed-crash-assaulting-wife-husband-dead/10992650/ 

At approximately 1:09 a.m., Dallas officers spotted a stolen black Toyota Camry driven by an armed teen carjacker. The officers initiated a pursuit, reaching speeds up to 100 mph as the chase traveled through Grand Prairie, Arlington, and back into Dallas. At 1:34 a.m., the driver ran a red light and crashed into a white Chevrolet Impala, killing Cordell Jackson, an uninvolved driver.
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https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-man-killed-after-high-speed-chase-through-grand-prairie-and-arlington/2726531/
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-man-killed-after-high-speed-chase-through-grand-prairie-and-arlington/2726531/

Officers were dispatched to the area of SE Fifth Street and Browning after several reports of a man with a handgun in the neighborhood. They located Trinidad Marry at the intersection of Eighth Street and Browning. Marry allegedly pointed his gun at officers and others as he walked down the street. Officers continued to speak with him and walked with him to the 500 block of S. Bivins Street, where they shot and killed him.
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https://www.amarillo.com/story/news/2021/08/23/amarillo-police-investigating-2nd-officer-involved-shooting/8252561002/

At approximately 9:35 a.m., officers conducting surveillance for a fugitive saw a man matching the description approach an apartment. When officers approached, George Michael Mireles allegedly fired shots at them. In response, three officers shot and killed Mireles.

https://www.amarillo.com/story/news/2021/08/20/amarillo-pd-releases-information-friday-morning-officer-involved-shooting/8211415002/ 

Around midnight, Pflugerville Police responded to a disturbance call after reports that a man with a gun was attempting to force his way into a bedroom. Ronald Zavaglia, a resident at the home, was reportedly trying to break down a door while armed. Moments after officers arrived, Officer Ian Clark shot and killed Zavaglia, who police said was still holding the weapon.
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https://www.kxan.com/news/one-dead-after-being-shot-by-pflugerville-police-officer/ 

James Matalice Smith barricaded himself inside a home after shooting Deputy John Pollock while the deputy was serving a warrant. Around 3 a.m., Smith appeared to be surrendering as he exited his home. However, as officers attempted to take him into custody, Smith fired a gun at a trooper, hitting him in the arm. In response, police shot and killed Smith.

https://www.kbtx.com/2021/08/18/burleson-county-deputy-shot-active-standoff-fm-60/ 

Around 9 p.m., a Houston Police Department officer in a marked vehicle hit a 69-year-old man while attempting to catch up to another driver. The pursuit involved an undercover vice officer in the vehicle. The man was killed as a result of the collision.
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https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/Pedestrian-hit-killed-by-Houston-police-officer-16388400.php

Steven Primm allegedly threatened a group of men with a gun. When officers arrived, Primm fled on his bike and later shot an officer twice. Shortly after, a second officer fatally shot Primm.

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/08/13/watch-live-san-antonio-police-to-provide-info-on-east-side-shooting/