Juan A. Lozano
The Associated Press
Houston, TX, United States
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Suit settled over sale of Texas school shooter's ammo
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The families of those killed and injured in a 2018 Texas high school shooting have settled a lawsuit they had filed against a Tennessee-based online retailer accused of illegally selling ammunition to the student who authorities say fatally shot 10 people on campus. Retailer Lucky Gunner → Read More
Zoo too? Houston Zoo latest to deal with suspicious incident
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Police are investigating possible vandalism at the Houston Zoo after workers discovered that someone had deliberately cut a four-inch gap in the mesh that covers a habitat for brown pelicans. The damage to the habitat comes after a series of thefts and incidents of vandalism at → Read More
Activists hope indictment in Texas jail death prompts change
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Attorneys and community activists said Tuesday they hope the indictment of a former Texas sheriff’s office detention officer in the death of an inmate will prompt changes in the state’s largest county jail, which has been under scrutiny amid overcrowding and a slew of recent deaths. → Read More
Man who fatally shot Dallas officer in 2007 faces execution
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A man convicted of fatally shooting a Dallas police officer nearly 16 years ago faces execution on Wednesday. Wesley Ruiz, 43, is set to receive a lethal injection for the March 2007 killing of Dallas Police Senior Corporal Mark Nix. Ruiz had led officers on a → Read More
Afghan soldier seeking US asylum hopes for 'American dream'
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — In the months he was held in detention in Texas during his legal fight to remain in the U.S., Afghan soldier Abdul Wasi Safi thought he would eventually be returned to his home country and meet a likely death at the hands of the Taliban because → Read More
Texas death row inmates sue over solitary confinement
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A group of death row inmates filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the Texas prison system over its policy of mandatory and indefinite solitary confinement for all prisoners who are awaiting execution, saying it causes severe physical and psychological harm. The suit alleges that the policy → Read More
Texas to execute ex-cop for hiring 2 people to kill wife
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A former suburban Houston police officer was set to be executed Tuesday for hiring two people to kill his estranged wife nearly 30 years ago. Robert Fratta, 65, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection for the November 1994 fatal shooting of his wife, Farah, amid → Read More
Judge: Texas death row inmate should get new, unbiased trial
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Jewish death row inmate who was part of a gang of prisoners who fatally shot a police officer in 2000 after they had escaped should have his conviction overturned and get a new trial because the judge who presided over his case “harbored antisemitic bias,” → Read More
House advances giant Texas storm surge project in water bill
By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Fourteen years after Hurricane Ike ripped through thousands of homes and businesses near Galveston, Texas — but mostly spared the region’s oil refineries and chemical plants — the U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to authorize the most expensive project ever recommended by → Read More
Reports: Many security lapses led to Texas inmate's escape
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A multitude of security lapses such as inadequate strip searches, poorly applied restraints, a staffing shortage and an environment where correctional officers became complacent created the conditions that led to the May escape of a Texas inmate, resulting in the deaths of five people, according to → Read More
Lawyer: Man charged in Takeoff killing says he's innocent
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — An attorney for a man accused of fatally shooting rapper Takeoff last month said Monday that the musician’s death outside a Houston bowling alley was a tragedy but that her client says he’s innocent of the crime. Patrick Xavier Clark, 33, made a brief court appearance → Read More
Task force unveils improvements in wake of Astroworld show
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — After last year’s deadly Astroworld music festival in Houston, questions were raised about whether there was sufficient coordination and communication among officials, public safety agencies and promoters in planning the event and implementing an emergency response when it turned tragic. A task force this week unveiled → Read More
Texas inmate asks to delay execution for kidney donation
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas inmate who is set to be put to death in less than two weeks asked that his execution be delayed so he can donate a kidney. Ramiro Gonzales is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on July 13 for fatally shooting 18-year-old Bridget Townsend, → Read More
Texas suspends inmate transports after escape left 5 dead
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Texas’ prison system has temporarily stopped transporting inmates as it investigates how a convicted murderer escaped from a bus last month and later killed a man and his four grandsons. “The agency is conducting an internal Serious Incident Review and also intends to bring in an → Read More
Task force to review event safety in wake of Astroworld show
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A new task force will look into how to improve the safety at large Houston-area events in the hopes of avoiding another tragedy like last year’s deadly Astroworld music festival. Mayor Sylvester Turner said Wednesday that the task force will review possible safety upgrades, look at → Read More
Remains found in Arkansas identified as Maleah Davis
The remains of a child found in Arkansas last week are those of a missing 4-year-old Texas girl, Maleah Davis, a medical examiner said Monday. → Read More
US Rep: Truck passed checkpoint 2 hours before discovery
Investigators believe a truck driver accused in the deaths of 10 people found inside a packed, sweltering tractor-trailer is just one member of a larger organization involved in human smuggling that they are looking to identify and dismantle, a U.S. immigration official said. → Read More
Texas grand jury indicts deputy, husband in death of man restrained during confrontation
A Harris County grand jury in Houston returned the indictment against Harris County deputy Shauna Thompson and her husband, Terry Thompson, in the death of 24-year-old John Hernandez. → Read More
Witness: Driver in deadly crash admitted texting before collision
"He said, 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I was texting.' I said, "Son, do you know what you just did? He said, 'I'm sorry. I'm sorry.'" → Read More
Cubans fighting deportation, say they entered US before end of immigration policy
An attorney for the immigrants said some tried to enter the U.S. from Mexico through the port of entry in Laredo under the so-called "wet foot, dry foot" policy on Jan. 11 and were told to return the next day. → Read More