EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Police Department’s Special Traffic Investigations Unit is asking for the public’s help in identifying a truck believed to have been involved in a fatal crash on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Monday. “The truck may have damage to the right side,” investigators explain. They add that the
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SOCORRO, Texas (KVIA) — All lanes on North Loop are closed after an overnight crash at the intersection of Sunhaven Dr. in Socorro. Officials have not yet announced whether anyone was injured in the crash. El Paso Police first announced the closure and crash on their traffic account on X at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday night.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Police have confirmed they found a dead body at around 3:30 a.m. at State Jail Rd. and Montana in Far East El Paso. The reported location is near the El Paso County Jail Annex, but officials have not confirmed if the death is related to the annex. Police are currently
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Update (4:34 PM): A motorcyclist is dead after a crash in the Lower Valley today. El Paso Police say that Jason Vargas Jr., 26, was traveling east on Alameda Avenue when a car traveling west made a left turn onto Delta Drive. The Special Traffic Investigation Unit says that Vargas hit the car. Investigators believe
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — New court documents newly obtained by ABC-7 reveal that Oscar Ortiz, the man accused of murdering Rigoberto Cortes last month, shouted “I hope you die,” after the murder. That is what a witness told investigators. Ortiz and Cortes got into a fight at an apartment on Chihuahua Street the night
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — One person is dead and another is in the hospital with serious injuries after an incident Sunland Park officials are calling a “pedestrian accident.” It happened near the intersection of Sunland Park Dr. and Appaloosa Dr. near the Racetrack and Casino. ABC-7 is working to learn exactly what happened.
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Update (July 2, 2025): Special Traffic Investigators say Cody Arthur McCuan, 24, died in the crash that happened at the intersection of Mesa and Robinson in West El Paso last night. Investigators say a car left a parking lot and got onto Robinson. As the driver pulled out into Mesa, McCuan t-boned the car, according
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Capital murder charges were dismissed and refiled against two men who had been arrested for a mass shooting at an east El Paso bar back in 2023. Andrew James Williams and Aaron John are accused of the capital murder of multiple people. They have also been facing four charges of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Water says some customers on the west side may currently be seeing a water outage after a main break at the intersection of Stanton and Stockwell. The organization says crews are on the scene to fix the break as soon as possible. Customers in the nearby area may
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Update (May 21, 2025): El Paso Police just released new information about the crash on Spur 601 that happened Monday morning. Investigators say the motorcycle failed to negotiate the curb and hit the center concrete barrier. The motorcyclist, identified by Ft. Bliss officials as Spc. Austin Rhodes, 24, died at the scene, according to El
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Black smoke emerged from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel at around 4:00 a.m. Mountain Time, indicating the first two votes of the second day of Conclave failed to elect a new pope. Two votes remain for the day- the next will start at around 8:30 a.m. today. If a
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UPDATE (8:22 a.m.): El Paso Fire says at least 8 people are injured in addition to the 1 death. Fire officials say 1 person was left with severe injuries. 2 person had moderate injuries. 5 people with minor injuries. 2 of those patients were taken to the hospital, 3 refused treatment. One patient was transported
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 is saluting the men and women of our armed forces and our veterans with Military Monday. Today we are recognizing Arturo Salinas, who served in the Air Force from 1951 to 1955. During the Vietnam War, he was overseas in Japan. Salinas died earlier this year, and ABC-7 thanks him for
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Update: The outage is now over. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A few thousand people are currently without power according to the El Paso Electric outage map. Many of the dots indicating hotspots for outages are concentrated along the alameda area. The most affected area appears to be near Alameda and North Loop, with 1,500
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One person is in the hospital with minor injuries after they were pulled from a canal near Loop 375 and Midway, which is near Riverside Middle School. Authorities were called around 11:40 p.m. on March 27 and were told someone had fallen into the canal near the border wall. Border
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FABENS, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Sheriff’s Office and Texas Rangers are investigating an overnight shooting on 125 Mezcla in Fabens, Texas, that left one man dead. The sheriff’s office says deputies were sent out at 1:43 a.m. after receiving reports of shots fired in the area. Deputies arrived on the scene and found
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LUBBOCK, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Tech University was partially evacuated on March 12 after authorities say an explosion at a substation sprouted fires and knocked out power. The university first posted on its X account the Engineering Key was being evacuated due to a gas odor at 6:30 p.m., later asking the wider public to
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Zoo is inviting guests to decide the name of their newest resident- a one month old baby giraffe born to Gigi and Juma. The Zoo team has narrowed the choices to four names: Ato Balozi Hermanito Tesoro El Pasoans can vote on their favorite name by following this
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UPDATE: All lanes on both Doniphan Dr. and Redd Rd. are now open according to El Paso Police’s traffic account as of 6:50 a.m. UPDATE: Both lanes on Redd Rd. are now open according to El Paso Police’s traffic account. Westbound lanes on Doniphan Dr. are still closed until further notice. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)
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Update (March 4, 2025): El Paso Police arrested Antonio Rodriguez, 47, and charged him with murder in the crash at Wyoming and Piedras that killed a pedestrian. Courtesy: EPPD Police have not yet identified the pedestrian, describing him only as a man in his early 20s. Crimes Against Persons detectives say the unidentified man was
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — While helping lay bricks at a family member’s house, Troop 53 Life Scout Maximilian Estorga’s grandmother showed him an article detailing how children taken in by Child Protective Services were often only given a trash bag to collect their belongings. “The CPS worker is picking them up and instructing them
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Canutillo Elementary and Alderete Middle Schools have been cleared after a gas odor was reported on the two campuses. In a Facebook post, the district says it was informed the odor came from a nearby matinence project, and neither the schools nor any nearby homes are in danger. The district
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Originally Published: 11 FEB 25 11:36 ET Updated: 12 FEB 25 06:42 ET By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — It’s only three weeks into a fragile ceasefire, and Israel and Hamas are each ratcheting up allegations that the other party has violated the deal. So far, 16 out of 33 hostages scheduled for release in the current phase of
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Tax Assessor-Collector Ruben P. Gonzalez announced the Westside and Fort Bliss El Paso County Tax Offices will be temporarily closed starting March 1. In a statement, Gonzalez said the closures were due to an increased workload and training requirements brought on by House Bill 718, which requires
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Fire Department is currently responding to a severe house fire in the Upper Valley at the 300 block of Roxanna Ave. The department first posted about it at around 2:55 a.m. on their X account. Our ABC-7 Mountain Camera has seen a heavy first responder presence in
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Traffic has reopened after it was closed for hours following a crash at I-10 East and Giles. El Paso Fire Department says at around 2:50 a.m., a semi-truck hit a Dominion ambulance. As the wreckage was cleared, eastbound lanes on I-10 were shut down. ABC-7 crews at the scene noted
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) –The Ysleta Port of Entry has been reopened after a reported “unattended bag” prompted a shutdown of the crossing Tuesday evening. At 8:40 p.m., Customs and Border Protection sent out a statement saying that out of an “abundance of caution” the port would close for the investigation of a bag found
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso police are responding to a reported crash at the intersection of Delta and Val Verde in South-Central El Paso, which is near Silva Magnet High School. Police say a vehicle may have struck a child riding on a scooter around 7:40 AM. The severity of the potential injuries
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Originally Published: 22 JAN 25 07:49 ET Updated: 22 JAN 25 20:57 ET By Priscilla Alvarez and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Refugees who were slated to travel to the United States after a years-long and often cumbersome process have had their flights canceled, according to a State Department memo to resettlement partners obtained by CNN.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The state of New Mexico announced it is sending five fire engines and 25 New Mexico firefighters to assist in fighting the California wildfires. The departments participating are from Bernalillo, San Juan, and Los Alamos Counties, as well as the cities of Albuquerque and Santa Fe. The units and
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