Good Morning El Paso 04.18.16

the man el p the man el paso police shot over the weekend has died. the latest details of what happened before police say they were forced to shoot him. and today is the deadline to file your taxes… if you can’t file by midnight, don’t panic there are options. ‘rescuers racing against the clock in ecuador and japan to im bazi kani with the latest on the earthquake recovery efforts coming up” good morning el paso, las cruces and juarez — and thanks for joing us on air, and live online. i’m stephanie valle. hillary floren is off today. good morning, everyone. our high temperatures will continue to run a few degrees below normal today…but then we will see near normal or slightly above normal temperatures for the rest of the week. moisture and thunderstorm chances return to the forecast for next friday and saturday. now to round the clock coverage. el paso firefighters are investigating how a house caught fire early this morning. it happened on the 1100 block of willowmist around 4:30 a.m. according to emergency dispatch no one was injured but residents were evacuated from their home. the fire was under control after five a.m. no word yet on the amount of damage. digging out along the “ring o fire” thi morning. after three deadly earthquakes struck within three days in ecuador and japan, rescuers in both countries are racing against time to reach possible survivors still trapped beneath the rubble. the death toll is now up to 262 in ecuador — and thousands are now homeless. at least 42 were killed in japan. abc’s bazi kanani has the latest. a desperate search continues in earthquake-ravaged parts of ecuador. time running out to reach survivors still trapped beneath the rubble. woman crying. last sot of her on the feed. explaing little nephew was inside. “my little nephew was inside,” this woman cries.. as rescuers nearby pull bodies from the collapsed homes, businesses, and here, a hospital in ruins. the powerful 7.8? quake struck saturday night 110 miles west of the country’s capital. spanish for a second.) “the biggest tragedy in the last 67 years,” says ecuador’s president. the death toll now above 260… and rising. but miracles… still possible. here, police reached a young girl beneath the piles of crumbled concrete. explaining that trapped woman is struck from waist down. this rescuer explains the woman they’re trying to save is stuck from the waist down. another rush to help 4-thousand miles across the pacific in japan– where twin earthquakes killed at least 40. collapsed roads and bridges… slowing the effort to reach victims desperate for food, water, medicine. man holding his toddler explaining worry about no medicine for her. this father is worried about not having cold medicine for his daughter whose been coughing. the u-s military is now assisting japanese forces… helping to airlift supplies. “we’re glad to be able to support in any way that the japanese government needs us to.” tag th earthquakes in japan also disrupted the country’s key auto manufacturing business. both toyota and honda have suspended operations at factories in the affected areas. happening today– oscar pistorius is due to appear before the high court in pretoria. this is file video of the courthouse. local media have reported that his sentencing hearing is expected to be held in june. the former athlete killed his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, on valentine’s day in 2013. the former paralympian’s culpable homicide conviction was overturned by south africa’s supreme court in december 2015, when appeal judges instead found him guilty of murder. / back in the borderland and also happening today– the sentencing phase for a barrio azteca gang member is set to begin. luis rodriguez was found not guilty of capital murder on friday. he was accused of killing two men in 2012 over a power struggle within their own gang. however – a jury did find him guilty on two counts of participating in organized criminal activity. rodriguez faces anywhere from 25 years to life in prison. the sentencing phase will begin at 9 a-m and abc-7 will be there. the man who el paso police shot and killed over the weekend has been identified. the incident happened early sunday morning on the 7100 block of tierra taos is west el paso. the man who died was 22-year old eric john wilson. police say they were called out to the home around midnight because wilson was threatening to commit suicide. police tell abc-7, wilson reportedly told them he had two handguns and a rifle and threatened to shoot any officer that came near him. police say wilson reached for an object from behind his back and pointed it at them. officers shot him at least twice. the object in the man’s hands–turned out to be a cellphone. both officers are on administrative. / new this morning— the el paso county sheriff’s office conducted a round up all last week. the roundup targeted people wanted on a variety of warrants throughout el paso county. a total of one hundred and 15 individuals were arrested. 85 of those were for felony warrants and 65 were misdemeanors. 34 of the 115 did not receive bond for their charges. the total bond amount for all the subjects arrested was over 1.4 million dollars. the sheriff’s office says they have more roundups planned throughout the rest of the year. las cruces police are still looking for a person who they say is responsible for a hit and run. map w/ cg police say it happened around 5 saturday afternoon on solano drive near poplar. police tell abc-7 a man was struck by a car that was sparked by road rage. it’s unclear what led to it. the man hit, was airlifted to umc with non-life threatening injuries. time is running out to file your taxes– the deadline is at midnight. or you can request an extension to avoid a penalty. good morning el paso’s denise olivas is live with some tips … denise? the deadline normally falls on april 15-th, but a legal holiday in washington pushed it back. the i-r-s estimates it will receive 13-and-a-half million requests for extensions. even with three extra days for tax preparation– millions will not make tonight’s midnight deadline. you don’t need to panic. you do have options. filing a return is your best option– but if you owe money–pay as much as you can. you should still file on time to avoid penalties and interest charges, you can also apply for an installment plan. if you are not ready to file by today– you can get a six-month extension, but you will still have to give a payment. this week– the irs will be a hot topic for congress. the house plans to vote on six bills to hold the irs more accountable including cracking down on the estimated 16- hundred irs employees who have failed to pay their own taxes. right now on kvia.com– what are your rights as a taxpayer? find that information in our links mentioned section. our high temperatures will continue to run a few degrees below normal today…but then we will see near normal or slightly above normal temperatures for the rest of the week. moisture and thunderstorm chances return to the forecast for next friday and saturday. an abc-7 traffic alert to pass along. tomorrow… there will be a complete closure of i-10 west between the lee trevino overpass and the lomaland overpass. this will start at 9 at night and last till 6 in the morning on wednesday. the closure will happen again on wednesday night. this is necessary for texdot to re-stripe the roadway. also… keep in mind that starting this week… the westbound resler exit ramp will be closed every night from 9 to 5 in the morning. this is for the go-10 project. now it’s time to take a look at the tx-dot traffic cams… we still have much more to come here on gmep… the sun city fair was such a huge success county commissioners have more plans for ascarate park. plus— the historic church in far east el paso is set to be demolished this week, so what’s next for parishoners. and this is abc-7, where news comes first! after the success