6 killed at Colorado birthday party; suspected shooter also dead
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado — Six people were killed in a shooting early Sunday morning during a birthday party at a Colorado Springs, Colorado,…
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Victim critically wounded in northeast El Paso stabbing attack
EL PASO, Texas — A stabbing late Saturday night in northeast El Paso left a victim critically wounded, police said. It happened in the 11210 block…
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Upper Valley shooting wounds man
EL PASO, Texas — A man was shot and wounded early Saturday in El Paso’s Upper Valley. Detectives were summoned around 4 a.m. to the shooting scene…
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Northeast El Paso home raided by SWAT officers, man arrested
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso police SWAT team raided a home in northeast El Paso on Friday evening and arrested a man as a Texas Department of…
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Federal grand jury indicts Chauvin, 3 other ex-Minneapolis police officers in Floyd death
WASHINGTON, DC — A federal grand jury has indicted four former Minneapolis police officers in connection with the death of George…
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Body found in east El Paso neighborhood; foul play unlikely
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso police discovered the body of a man early Friday morning in an east side neighborhood. A police spokesman said the…
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Scams rise as El Pasoans spend more time online during pandemic
EL PASO, Texas — Nearly 800,000 complaints of suspected internet crime were reported in 2020, according to the FBI. That represents an increase of…
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DEA warns fake prescription pills laced with deadly doses of fentanyl are showing up in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Drug Enforcement Administration is reporting an increase in seizures of methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl in the El…
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Woman arrested as SWAT team, police gang unit serve ‘high-risk’ warrant in central El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — The police department’s SWAT team was called out Thursday afternoon to help gang unit officers serve what was described as a…
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Driver of car that struck man before crashing into power pole arrested by El Paso police
UPDATE, May 6: The driver of a car that struck a a man sitting on a bench before slamming into an electric pole and rolling over in the Lower Valley…
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Man accused of breaking into Las Cruces Catholic School with gun, stealing $5K in school property
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A man has been arrested on accusations that he broke into Las Cruces Catholic School last month while armed with a…
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Armed man caught by police near Las Cruces Walmart store, averting ‘potentially violent incident’
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — An armed man was taken into custody near a Las Cruces Walmart Supercenter on Wednesday, averting what police described as…
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El Paso man arrested for animal cruelty after allegedly tossing dog out of car at intersection
EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso man was jailed on $2,000 bond for alleged animal cruelty after witnesses say he dumped his dog in the middle of a busy…
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Man arrested after ’50-person fight’ was newly-retired Fort Bliss soldier, says he was celebrating
EL PASO, Texas — The owner of a west El Paso bar and restaurant contends police are wrong in their report of a 50-person brawl with shots fired that…
Continue Reading Chauvin’s attorney files motion seeking new trial in Floyd death
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — An attorney for Derek Chauvin filed a motion for a new trial on Tuesday. The former Minneapolis police officer was…
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Suspect in decades-old California murder captured in Alamogordo
ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico — Police have arrested a 64-year-old man in Alamogordo in connection with a 1980 cold case where a woman was found dead in…
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Horizon City fugitive leads troopers on ‘reckless’ chase with small child in car
EL PASO, Texas — A federal fugitive with a small child in his car led Texas state troopers on a “reckless” chase through the streets of El Paso on…
Continue Reading Armed man arrested after shots fired at 50-person fight in west El Paso is released by magistrate
UPDATE: A 40-year-old armed man from Fort Bliss who was arrested after gunshots rang out during a large fight in west El Paso has now been released…
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Poll finds Texans want stronger checks on police use of force
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas voters have some thoughts for lawmakers when it comes to police use of force as the Texas Legislature enters the last month…
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4-year-old at center of Texas Amber Alert believed to be in grave danger
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety issued a statewide Amber Alert on Monday for a 4-year-old boy believed to be in grave or…
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2 killed, 1 wounded in shooting at Wisconsin casino; gunman slain
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — A gunman killed two people at a Wisconsin casino restaurant and seriously wounded a third before he was killed by police…
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‘Celebrity’ claims video clears him in Cielo Vista Mall ‘panic’ case – but questions remain
EL PASO, Texas — Social media skateboarding “celebrity” Danny Duncan uploaded a video to YouTube on Friday showing scenes from the Cielo Vista Mall…
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Video shows wounded Las Cruces officer take down a cop killer
(Editor’s note: A warning that some may find the images in the video player above to be disturbing.) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — ABC-7 has obtained new…
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5 arrested in shooting of Lady Gaga’s dog walker, kidnapping pets
LOS ANGELES, California — Los Angeles police have charged five people in connection with the shooting of Lady Gaga’s dog walker and the kidnapping…
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Las Cruces man arrested after kids passed help note to school bus driver is accused of trying to strangle, suffocate their mother
UPDATE, April 29: Conditional bond was set at $5,000 Thursday for a Las Cruces man arrested on domestic abuse-related charges after the kids of his…
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Hours-long North Carolina standoff leaves 5 dead, including 2 deputies
WATAUGA, North Carolina — Five people are dead, including two North Carolina sheriff’s deputies, after a check on a person who did not…
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Lower Valley business evacuated after possible explosives found
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso police bomb squad was called out Wednesday evening to examine a possible explosive device found at a Lower Valley…
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‘It’s devastating’: El Paso man charged with murder of 1-year-old baby was friend of the family
EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso man who is charged with murder in the recent death of a one-year-old boy was a friend of the family, according to a…
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10 men from El Paso & Las Cruces arrested in prostitution sting
EL PASO, Texas — Texas Department of Public Safety special agents arrested ten men in a prostitution sting in the El Paso area last week, officials…
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Suspected burglar dies after El Paso police use taser to subdue him
EL PASO, Texas — The death of a suspected burglar after El Paso police officers used a stun gun to subdue him is under investigation by state and…
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