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A man is in custody after shooting at a helicopter during a standoff on Saturday morning, police say.

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A person accused of murder is barricaded inside an east Oak Cliff home after he shot at officers who were trying to serve a warrant Wednesday morning, police say.

Dallas police SWAT officers used explosive charges to breach a barricaded gas station office overnight Wednesday to bring an end to a hostage situation inside.

Dallas police SWAT officers used explosive charges to breach a barricaded gas station office overnight Wednesday to bring an end to a hostage situation inside.

A lockdown at two McKinney schools was lifted, children were picked up and a standoff at a nearby home, to which SWAT was called, ended peacefully Monday afternoon, police say.

A police officer in Texas shot and killed a man who was holding a child and woman hostage after breaking into their home, authorities said.

A physician with a terminal cancer diagnosis killed a pediatrician and then himself after taking hostages at a doctor’s office in Austin, police said Wednesday.

The Lewisville Police Department is responding to a man barricaded inside an apartment Monday afternoon. Police received a call around 3:30 p.m. about a domestic violence assault at the Colonial Village at Oakbend Apartments on East Round Grove Road. A woman was able to get out of the apartment suffering from stab wounds. She was treated at the scene and…

A man is in custody, accused of criminal trespass and criminal mischief after Dallas SWAT officers were called to remove him from a residence during a burglary call.

Small cities often don’t have the resources to meet recommended standards but roll out SWAT teams anyway

Small towns that don’t have the staffing or money to maintain a SWAT unit properly are doing it anyway. And it’s endangering innocent lives. The mother of a 19-month-old boy, maimed by a SWAT team’s flash grenade, said it was like being “attacked by a vicious pack of dogs…it changed everything.” Unfortunately, mistakes are happening in small communities across...

The Euless Police Department was on the scene of a call for barricaded persons in the 1500 block of Aransas Drive Friday evening, according to police. The Northeast Tarrant County Area SWAT Team was on the scene. An adult male and an adult female were safely removed from the residence. Detectives are still investigating the incident and charges are pending….

Dallas Baptist University says the campus is “all clear” after a threat received by campus police prompted an evacuation Tuesday afternoon.

Dallas Baptist University says the campus is “all clear” after a threat received by campus police prompted an evacuation Tuesday afternoon.

A man is in custody after he allegedly threatened his wife with a gun.

Fort Worth police are investigating a SWAT incident that left one man dead.

A man shot and killed Saturday by a Fort Worth police SWAT officer was pointing a flashlight at officers, not a gun as authorities thought in the moment, police said Monday.

Fort Worth Police Department SWAT officers are the first in the country to deploy a new, non-lethal weapon that uses a rope to lasso a person’s arms or legs.

Fort Worth Police Department SWAT officers are the first in the country to deploy a new, non-lethal weapon that uses a rope to lasso a person’s arms or legs.