The lawyers representing Payne’s family did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the city’s appeal, but said via a previous statement that the jury made the right decision.

A deputy and a suspect had an altercation at the Northline Transit Center.

HPD says other people were at the house when the shooting happened, but so far, they believe the shots fired back and forth were just between the suspects and the woman in her 70s.

According to police, a witness said a man was exposing himself on the train. When deputies confronted him, a fight broke out and the suspect was shot and killed.

Houston police are investigating multiple deaths reported downtown over the past two days, though officials say no foul play is suspected in any of the cases.

Houston police say a woman shot her neighbor after he knocked on her apartment door and rang her doorbell several times early Wednesday morning.

Police are investigating after an elderly woman was killed during a home invasion that turned into a gunfight early Monday in northeast Houston.

Houston Police investigate the mysterious death of a 5-year-old girl after she was taken to the hospital with leg pain.