The Brazoria County Sheriff's Office said the gun belonged to the 7-year-old's older brother, who reportedly left it out ...

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Many Texans gathered Monday to honor the life of Jesus "Jesse" Vargas, the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office Deputy killed ...

Before shooting and killing Brazoria County deputy Jesus Vargas, Robert Lee Davis was accused of shooting another man. The ...

The Brazoria County Sheriff's Office is inviting the community to pay tribute to Deputy Vargas on Monday, January 20. The ...

The Brazoria County Sheriff's Office is inviting the public to honor Deputy Jesus Jesse Vargas at a viewing tonight. The ...

Deputy Jesus “Jesse” Vargas a dedicated law enforcement officer who gave 17 years of service to the Brazoria County Sheriff’s ...

The Duncanville Police Department has ended the BLUE Alert for Robert Davis III, a suspect in the killing of a Brazoria ...

A man fatally shot a Texas sheriff's deputy Wednesday at a shopping plaza in Houston and then evaded officers for hours before shooting a K-9 that helped find him hiding under trash in a dumpster, ...

New surveillance video showed the deadly confrontation between a Brazoria County Sheriff's deputy and a career criminal.

The man who investigators say shot and killed Brazoria County Sheriff's Deputy Jesus Vargas, and then was killed himself, had a long criminal history, and had forfeited on his most recent bond. The ...