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A San Antonio police officer with a documented history of road rage has resigned months after being charged in a drunk driving hit-and-run case, department officials confirmed Friday.

A Southwest Airlines employee was hospitalized after being assaulted on a plane in Dallas Saturday afternoon following a verbal altercation with a passenger, according to police.

The FBI's El Paso, Texas, office tells NPR it received a referral from the Fort Bliss Army base and is investigating the allegation.

The McAllen Police Department is investigating an early morning assault at a McAllen bar that resulted in a 24-year-old man’s death. Police responded to the 1600 block of Chicago Ave. at 12:37 a.m. for a call for service regarding an assault in-progress. The reporting person told police a man was fighting with people in the bar and that several persons were holding him down. Officers requested EMS and started chest compressions on the man, who police identified as Juan Elias III. EMS arrived and transported Elias to McAllen Medical Center, where he died at 1:26 a.m.Police say the incident remains under investigation.

The committee said it is also requesting information on how social media companies policed their own platforms.

The Wyoming Republican will be one of two members of the nine member panel to deliver an opening statement at the committee’s first public hearing Tuesday.

A San Antonio police officer who has a history of road rage incidents was indicted by a Bexar County grand jury this week in a recent hit-and-run and drunk driving case, according to the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office.

A San Antonio police officer accused of beating up a 61-year-old man after causing a drunk driving crash last week shouted at a fellow officer at the scene and repeatedly banged his head on the window of a patrol vehicle, according to a newly released report from his arrest.

A 61-year-old man who San Antonio police said was assaulted by one of its off-duty officers late Monday described the car crash that preceded the beating and the extent of his injuries during an interview Wednesday.

A lawsuit filed in Bexar County district court last week accuses a longtime San Antonio attorney of squeezing the buttocks of a female attorney after a 2019 court hearing.

San Antonio police are searching for a 24-year-old suspect wanted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

KERRVILLE, Texas – A Good Samaritan is being recognized by Kerrville police for his heroic actions to stop an almost deadly stabbing that resulted in one hospitalization and one arrest. The incident happened around 8:15 p.m., Friday, Jan. 15, at a Subway restaurant in the 200 block of Sidney Baker South. The altercation soon escalated as the suspect, Patrick Patton, who was armed with a knife, began stabbing the victim, according to officials. Kerrville police issued a statement on the incident, giving thanks to the citizen who stepped in. “The Kerrville Police Department would like to thank the citizen for his heroic actions to stop the assault,” the department said.

Zachary Wiatrek and Aurelio Elizondo are both charged with aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury. SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police arrested two people accused of “viciously” assaulting a 26-year-old man, which was caught on camera. Police said the victim was assaulted on Jan. 7 in the 9500 block of Perrin Beitel Road outside Capisce Gentleman’s Club. According to their affidavits, the victim went to the club with Wiatrek and Elizondo, who he said are his friends. In the graphic two-minute video, the victim could be seen naked on the ground with only a face mask under his chin.

Foreign reaction to the "disgraceful scenes" at the U.S. Capitol

Foreign reaction to the "disgraceful scenes" at the U.S. Capitol

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police are searching for two people who reportedly pulled a man out of his truck on the city’s North Side and beat him. The man called 911 around 5:30 a.m. Thursday, at first saying he had been the victim of a carjacking. Police said he told them that two men had pulled him from his pickup truck and hit him in the head, possibly taking off in his truck. Officers searched the area and found his pickup two blocks away, still in the parking lot where the attack reportedly happened. Crime scene investigators took fingerprints from the truck and searched it for evidence.

SAN ANTONIO – A store clerk was punched and an ATM was broken into at a Northeast Side convenience store early Thursday morning, San Antonio police said. The incident occurred just before 4 a.m. at a 7-Eleven store near Judson Road and Independence Avenue, not far from I-35 and Toepperwein Road. According to police, three men walked into the store just before one of the men punched the store clerk in the eye. That’s when, police said, the men broke open the ATM and fled. Investigators said they initially thought the crime might be connected to another ATM crime, but now they are not sure.

KATY, Texas – A state trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety was arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman while he was on duty Friday night, DPS officials confirm. He’s accused of forcing a woman to perform oral sex on him after a traffic stop, according to multiple reports. He then allegedly placed his hand on his firearm and told the woman to run. Boykin has been employed with the department for approximately four years and was assigned to the Texas Highway Patrol office in Katy. Boykin was arrested Saturday and booked into Harris County Jail where he was later bonded out, KPRC reported.

SAN ANTONIO – A Warren High School student who claims the school’s head football coach kicked him in October has a fractured leg that could take up to nine months to heal, according to medical records related to the injury viewed by the KSAT 12 Defenders. Coach Jeff Robbins remains on administrative leave, more than eight weeks after the incident, which occurred during an athletics class on campus in late October. Records: Warren football coach kicked student, could face felony chargeThe student, a 16-year-old member of the Warren football team, was lined up in a formation and did not hear Robbins tell his players to take a knee, according to a source familiar with the investigation. Robbins is then accused of kicking the teen behind his right knee, causing it to buckle, the source said. A source said the teen could be forced to miss up to nine months of competitive athletics.