Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth police were able to prevent a mass shooting from happening, after a father called in and reported his 27-year old son’s behavior. The department says the man called to say his son was planning a rampage and had recently withdrawn around $700 to purchase guns. The son however failed…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- A Dallas judge has ruled that four Fort Worth city officials will be questioned and reveal documents that were allegedly deleted in the case against Former Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald. The city first appealed this request stating inconvenience of time and location. Fitzgerald’s Attorney Stephen Kennedy says the city fired Fitzgerald while he was investigating…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) — The American Airlines mechanic who was charged last week with sabotaging a navigation system to earn overtime pay had been fired from his job at a previous airline. Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani admitted to the sabotage amid the Fort Worth-based airlines’ labor dispute with its mechanics. He has worked with…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – One of the gun-rights lobby’s staunchest defenders in Texas is bucking the National Rifle Association on background checks after a West Texas shooting rampage killed seven people. The NRA pushed back Friday in a rare moment of the nation’s most powerful gun-rights group slapping down a key Republican ally. It came after…… MORE
TAOS, N.M. (AP) – Authorities say country singer Kylie Rae Harris caused a three-vehicle crash in northern New Mexico that left her and a 16-year-old girl dead. Taos County Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe told the Taos News that investigators believe Harris caused Wednesday’s crash and that speed appeared to be a contributing factor when she clipped…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- About 4,000 Dallas citizens were summoned for jury selection for the murder trial of Amber Guyger, a former Dallas cop charged in the shooting death of Botham Jean. The first phase of jury selection began Friday. Attorney Daryl Washington represents jean’s family and is keeping them updated. “The family is on pins and needles…… MORE
Frisco, TX (WBAP/KLIF) High school football teams representing Texas communities marred by recent mass shootings competed in two separate games last night. The Cowboys’ practice facility in Frisco hosted a game between Plano and El Paso Eastwood high schools … 22 people were killed in a mass shooting in El Paso last month. Cowboys owner…… MORE
Miami (WBAP/KLIF) – A mechanic for American Airlines was arrested Thursday and accused of trying to sabotage a commercial airliner shortly before it was set to take off from Miami International Airport for the Bahamas with 150 people on board. A criminal complaint filed in federal court says Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani is charged with…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott has issued eight executive orders in an attempt to prevent future mass shootings from happening in the state. The orders affect the Texas Department of Public Safety, local law enforcement throughout the state, schools and mental-health professionals. Most of the orders involve strengthening the process of submitting a…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas County judge has denied a request for a retrial for Wesley Mathews, who was sentenced to life in prison for the 2017 death of his 3-year old adopted daughter Sherin. Lawyers for Mathews had argued, among other things, that that graphic photos presented in the punishment phase of the trial…… MORE
