Dallas Police Department

Bessie Rodriguez's death comes two weeks after Dallas City Council voted to rename a stretch of Jim Miller Road after her murdered son, Santos.

Pleasant Grove residents raised concerns about the city's plan to rename a stretch of Jim Miller Road in honor of Santos Rodriguez, the 12-year-old killed by Dallas police 50 years ago.

Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia said the officer will recover, while the man who shot the officer is in critical condition with his own gunshot wound.

Dallas Police Department officials told council members the city's violent crime rate is dropping. But while some areas decrease, murders have increased over last year.

An Oak Cliff man, who lost his job as a security guard after he was wrongfully arrested, says Dallas police racially profiled him and mistook him for a violent criminal.

The State Fair of Texas was evacuated Saturday night after reports of a shooting.

The amended ordinance against prostitution was ruled too broad by a municipal court, but one council member said it's still vague.

Tony Timpa, 32, died while in Dallas police custody in 2016. His family filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit against four Dallas police officers, alleging one's use of excessive force led to Timpa's death.

Dallas police say they are still looking for the man responsible for a shooting in South Dallas that left one person dead and an officer hospitalized Thursday afternoon.

Abdul Wahab Baktash, 33, was driving on LBJ Freeway in late June when he was struck by another vehicle and died after crashing into a metal light pole. Police are still looking for the other driver who hit him and didn't stop to help.

Police found the tiger, as well as dogs, roosters, and chickens, while serving a search warrant at a home in Oak Cliff.

Dynell Lane said police refused to let him use a restroom. The disabled veteran said he later urinated himself.