A resident said a person was shot while trying to enter a home through a window.
No one was injured in the fire that destroyed a home Thursday morning.
The inmate first tested positive about a week ago, but jail officials learned Tuesday afternoon a new test officially cleared the inmate, Sheriff Henry Trochesset said.
The positive case is the first among inmates in the jail's general population.
Four men are accused of breaking into a house, assaulting the homeowner and two other people in the house, and stealing an undisclosed amount of money.
The victim was wounded but was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police found an AK-style semiautomatic rifle, three handguns and several magazines, among other items, while executing the search warrant, officials said.
Investigators found 17 spent .223 Remington casings in the middle of the street.
The woman in 2015 pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide, a lesser charge than manslaughter, and received five years probation. But she was arrested in May 2019 after she was accused of violating the terms of that probation agreement.
The Jeep was traveling south on the state Highway 146 frontage road when it collided with the sedan, which was traveling east in Emmett F. Lowry Expressway.
The shooting appears unconnected to other recent incidents, police said.
The case is the first confirmed among the jail population, officials said.
The incident might be connected to an ongoing feud between two rap crews, police said.
A fisherman found Kent Zavala's body early Tuesday morning, officials said.
The boater fell into the water when the vessel he was in made a sharp turn, officials said.
Kent Zavala, 20, of Houston, was last seen riding in a Jeep on the outbound side of the Galveston Causeway, according to the Galveston Police Department.
The man and a dog were thrown from a Jeep in a rollover on Sunday evening.
Police are asking anyone who witnessed the accident to call them.
A woman has been charged with evading arrest in connection to the chase, police said.
Police complaint reveals new details West End shooting incident.
Commented