Murder Trial

Criminal Justice

Final pre-trial hearing for case over fatal police shooting of Melissa Perez set for next week

Josh Peck

Three officers are charged in connection with shooting and killing Perez in June 2023 during an apparent mental health crisis. Two are charged with murder, and the third is charged with aggravated assault.
Criminal Justice

Defense attorneys claim DA withheld critical information in trial over Melissa Perez shooting

Josh Peck

Defense attorneys said the allegedly withheld evidence could prove that the warrant to arrest the three former SAPD officers was improperly obtained.
Texas

Man Set For Trial By Fire In Capital Case

The Associated Press

GALVESTON — Jurors in a Houston-area man’s capital murder trial heard from a doctor Tuesday, that the 8-year-old boy the man is accused of setting on fire…