UPDATE, Aug. 24: A mother in mourning after her 18-year-old son was shot and killed at a house party this past weekend is speaking out. It happened around 2 a.m. Sunday in the 12000 block of Wendy Reed in far east El Paso when police say the party grew out of control. That’s when shots
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies were searching Tuesday for the assailant who shot a 22-year-old man in the neck over the weekend, critically wounding him, and put out a public call for help. Investigators said the shooting apparently stemmed from an altercation that took place early Saturday in the 15500 block
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TORNILLIO, Texas — An 18-year-old man from Tornillo is facing kidnapping charges after he allegedly abducted a woman last week, El Paso County sheriff’s deputies said Monday. Investigators said say that Angel Elias forced his way into a house last Friday and adducted the woman by force.Authorities later found the woman nearby with minor injuries,
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UPDATE, Aug. 23: A Siberian Husky that was abandoned in Horizon City a month ago was found with a pellet lodged in its skin, indicating that the dog had also been shot. That’s according to the dog’s new owner, Katherine Clapsaddle. The heartbreaking video of the dog, Nanook, chasing after the car that abandoned it
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Newly released video obtained by ABC-7 shows an intense shooting with a domestic violence suspect playing out in broad daylight in downtown Las Cruces. In the shooting on March 11, at least six officers fired dozens of rounds at then-25-year-old Jonathan Lamar Strickland near the U.S. Post Office on Las
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UPDATE, Aug. 23: A 40-year-old west El Paso man already facing a capital murder charge for his brother’s death in an arson fire one month ago could be facing additional charges following the death of his mother as a result of injuries she suffered in that same blaze. Police on Monday confirmed the death of
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso Independent School District trustee who voted to impose a school mask requirement earlier this week said his home was vandalized on Thursday evening as a result of his support for that mandate. “This evening when my family and I returned to our home, we found that the glass
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police say officers were able to stop a wrong-way driver and potentially avoid a tragic head-on collision. It happened early Wednesday morning along Interstate 10 westbound at Hawkins. According to police, multiple emergency calls alerted officers to a woman driving the wrong way. DWI task force officers performed a
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — Four Albuquerque police officers were shot and injured while responding to a robbery Thursday, leaving law enforcement officials and elected leaders frustrated as New Mexico’s largest city continues to grapple with a record-setting year of deadly violence. A witness in the area told ABC affiliate KOAT that he heard at least 50
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WASHINGTON, DC — A man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup truck near the U.S. Capitol surrendered to law enforcement after an hours-long standoff Thursday that prompted a massive police response and the evacuations of government buildings and businesses in the area. Police did not immediately know whether there were explosives in
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UPDATE, Aug. 17: The Wichita Falls Times Record News reported that a Clay County Sheriff’s deputy was shot during a traffic stop involving the Cadillac that was the subject of a Texas “Blue Alert.” Sheriff Jeff Lyde said the deputy was “slightly wounded but will be OK. Lyde said Chitwood was wearing his bulletproof vest when
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EL PASO, Texas — Human traffickers have been caught trying to smuggle nearly three-dozen people into the U.S. at the El Paso International Airport. That’s according to the U.S. Border Patrol Chief for the El Paso sector. Chief Gloria Chavez tweeted Monday about the airport arrests. “Over the last week, criminal organizations have continued their
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A 28-year-old Las Cruces man has been charged with murder stemming from a weekend shooting that was the result of a love triangle, police said Monday. Doroteo N. “Dayle” Vasquez was being held without bond in the Dona Ana County Detention Center. Police allege he shot and killed 33-year-old Brandon
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso police SWAT team was deployed in a south-central neighborhood Monday morning after gunfire rang out during a domestic dispute, authorities said. The incident unfolded at a home in the 100 block of S. Glenwood Street, where police said a man inside refused to come out. The standoff came
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EL PASO, Texas — Two men were critically wounded in a far east El Paso shooting tied to gangs, triggering a standoff with police that ended in four arrests. Events unfolded early Saturday at 3131 Red Velvet Place, where neighbors told ABC-7 they heard four gunshots. First-responders said two shooting victims were rushed from the
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TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico — New Mexico State Police have now identified the body found in the Rio Grande last month, ABC affiliate KOAT reported Friday night. Officials say the body was 5-year-old Shaquille Ferguson Jr. of Truth or Consequences. According to officials with NMSP, officers responded to a welfare check on 5-year-old Shaquille
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — New Mexico authorities said one student was killed and another was taken into custody following a shooting at a middle school near down Albuquerque during the lunch hour Friday. Police described the shooting as an isolated incident between the two students, who were believed to be about 13 years old. Deputy Commander Kyle
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee — An El Paso truck driver was arrested in Nashville late Thursday afternoon when Tennessee authorities said they caught him transporting a cache of illegal drugs. Metropolitan Nashville police identified the trucker taken into custody as 48-year-old Danny Rhodes. Investigators said his arrest came following a traffic stop of his big-rig along Interstate
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EL PASO, Texas — A SWAT team descended on a far east El Paso apartment complex late Thursday morning as police said a standoff ensued when they tried to execute “high risk” search and arrest warrants. “Subjects believed to be armed refusing to exit,” police tweeted about 11:30 a.m. as SWAT arrived on scene in
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LUNA COUNTY, New Mexico — A California woman has been charged by federal prosecutors with illegally supplying a gun to a convicted felon who shot and killed a New Mexico State Police officer in February. Laura Swanquist-Chavez, 35, was arraigned Wednesday in federal court in Albuquerque on a two-count indictment charging her with making a false and
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EL PASO, Texas — Another 11 women are coming forward to accuse an El Paso hotel worker of secretly filming up their skirts at a UTEP-area hotel in a case that dates back to May. Three months ago, 13 women women filed a civil lawsuit alleging that David Monastere secretly filmed up their skirts using
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EL PASO, Texas – A teenager has been arrested following what El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies described on Wednesday as a drunken case of road rage in which he tried to strike a man with his car. Joshua Anthony Moreno, 19, was being held on $26,000 bond in the El Paso County Jail on charges
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UPDATE, Aug. 10: The New Mexico Supreme Court has OK’d a mistrial hearing and scheduled appeal arguments in the case of a Las Cruces man accused in the 2018 death of a 2-year-old girl known as “Baby Favi.” Back in July, the state’s highest court halted the trial after a request from the prosecutor and
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — At least five car junkyards were set ablaze simultaneously by members of the Mexican drug cartel called “La Linea,” according to Juarez city officials. The fires caused big plumes of black smoke that could be seen near Chamizal park and in other areas along the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso on
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – As the Las Cruces Police Department seeks to fill dozens of positions, the department has removed most of its school resource officers from city schools. “I feel like it’s like a safety concern since there’s not good gun control in this country,” said Sergio Hernandez, a sophomore at Las Cruces
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UPDATE, Aug. 10: A Las Cruces man initially jailed without bond on over a dozen felony charges, including attempted murder, has now been released on a personal recognizance bond – which means he didn’t have to post cash bail. That’s according to court documents obtained late Tuesday by ABC-7 in the case involving 18-year-old David
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UPDATE, Aug. 10: Fire Marshals on Tuesday identified the two men arrested in connection with a Monday morning house fire in northeast El Paso that investigators determined was deliberately set. 22-year-old Marco Antonio Montalvo is charged with multiple counts of arson and is being held in the downtown jail on $1.1 million bond, while 26-year
Continue Reading UPDATE, Aug. 10: EL PASO, Texas – For the second time in under a week, a U.S. Border Patrol agent in El Paso’s Lower Valley has been shot at by Mexican gunmen firing from across the international boundary, the FBI confirmed Tuesday to ABC-7. The latest incident happened in the early morning hours when an
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OTERO COUNTY, New Mexico — Federal prosecutors have offered a confidential plea agreement to Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin that might resolve criminal charges against him linked to the Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol. Those discussions came during a court hearing in Washington on Monday. The Otero County Commissioner still denies federal
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EL PASO, Texas — A former El Paso police officer has admitted helping her stepfather deal drugs in the Borderland, federal prosecutors said Monday. 23-year-old Monica Lisette Garcia pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to aid cocaine distribution and faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. She was fired from the police
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