Tiger Bech, the brother of Texas Christian University wide receiver Jack Bech, has been identified as one of the victims of the deadly truck attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day. He was 27. In other news, four people were killed in a vehicle crash in Mesquite early Wednesday and a man faces charges. Four people were standing outside the car when another vehicle headed east “drifted onto the shoulder” and hit all four people and the disabled car; one person was killed and three others were wounded Wednesday afternoon during a shooting in Red Bird. Officers were dispatched about 2:40 p.m. to the 2900 block of St. George Drive, near Chaucer Place, where they found four people had been shot; And the Texas Longhorns have punched their ticket to the College Football Playoff semifinals for a second straight year. Andrew Mukuba intercepted Arizona State quarterback Sam Leavitt in the second overtime of yesterday’s Peach Bowl to give Texas a 39-31 win at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The Longhorns will advance to the Cotton Bowl at AT&T Stadium in Arlington and will face Ohio State who beat Oregon last night in the Rose Bowl.

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