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The Dallas Police Department is investigating a shooting incident in the 1800 block of Stella Ave. They responded to the scene at 6:31PM this evening.

Officials confirm a 5-year-old victim was shot in the back and transported to Children’s Hospital via Dallas Fire-Rescue.

Police say the boy’s 10-year-old brother was playing with his parent’s pistol when he accidentally fired at least one shot.

The injured child is conscious, according to police. His condition has not yet been released at this time.

The Little Elm Police Department is investigating a shooting incident that occurred overnight at a house in Little Elm.

According to officials, police responded to a house in the 2800 block of Quietwater Drive at 12:27AM this morning and located a man deceased from a gunshot wound. The Medical Examiner has identified the man as a 31-year-old male who lived at the house.

Police say there was a “violent disturbance” between the victim and his wife before the shooting, according to the wife. She was transported to the hospital for injuries sustained during the incident.

Four small children were found in the home unharmed.

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled his manner of death as a homicide.

The investigation is still ongoing at this time.

The Dallas Fire-Rescue and Police Department responded to a major accident involving a vehicle rollover earlier this morning along southbound US-75 Central Expressway near Royal Lane.

Police say a driver was traveling at speeds not safe for a wet roadway when he collided with another vehicle. The speeding vehicle spun out and began to overturn. While the vehicle was rolling over, the driver was ejected through the sunroof.

The victim, who has not yet been identified, was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Heavy rain causes ponding on area highways, which could leave to hydroplaning. It also reduces visibility and impacts reaction time. Please slow down if you are driving in heavy rain events and keep your eyes on the road.

The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a murder-suicide involving three people at a house near Azle.

Multiple emergency responders were called to a house in the 1500 block of Red Oak Circle just outside the Azle city limits on Monday afternoon.

Law enforcement located the bodies of three people deceased at the house.

The identities of the deceased have been released as a 58-year-old man, a 54-year-old woman, and a 16-year-old male.

According to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office, the 58-year-old man and 54-year-old woman were both murdered before the teenager killed himself. All were shot.

The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office has not released any details regarding the incident, so there is no additional information.

The Fort Worth Police Department responded to a reported robbery at the Walmart store, 3851 Airport Freeway (121) near Beach Street.

According to police, a loss prevention officer employee confronted a man that was shoplifting from the store. The man produced a firearm and ran out of the store.

The panic caused several customers to also run out of the store after there were reports of a shooter in the building. At this time, there are no reports that the man fired any shots.

The shoplifter ran away from the scene and is still on the loose, according to police.

Robbery detectives are investigating the case.

The Dallas Police Department received a request to check on a 26-year-old woman at an apartment complex in the 8800 block of Ferguson Road on Sunday afternoon. When officers went to the apartment, they knocked, but there was no answer and the door was locked.

Later that evening, some of her relatives went to the apartment with a key to unlock the door. When they went into the apartment, they found her dead and her two children missing. Police were called back to the scene.

It was determined that the suspect was the father of the two children. He was a known domestic abuser to the woman who was found deceased in the apartment. A Local Amber Alert was issued for the two missing boys, a 7-year-old and a 1-year-old.

Yesterday, Dallas Police received information indicating the suspect and two children were at an apartment in north Dallas. Officers surrounded the apartment and the department’s SWAT team was called in to assist with the situation. As SWAT officers breached the door to rescue the children, the suspect became agitated, and killed himself. Both boys were located safe and released to CPS.

The Dallas Police Department responded to a fatality accident early this morning in the northwest Dallas area.

At around 1:35AM, Dallas Fire-Rescue and Police were dispatched to a major accident in the 11600 block of Newberry Street. One person was ejected and overrun by a vehicle. He was transported to Parkland Hospital, but died as a result of his injuries.

An investigation reveals the victim was sitting on the back left window of a pickup truck clinging to the vehicle as it performed donuts in the parking lot of a business. The victim fell out of the window and was run over by the left rear tire of the truck.

The driver of the pickup truck, identified as a 28-year-old man, performing the donuts was arrested for Manslaughter.

The victim has been identified as a 20-year-old male.