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U.S. Army suspects ‘foul play’ in Fort Hood soldier’s disappearance

June 23, 2020 6:29 PM Associated Press, ABC News

KILLEEN, Texas — Investigators are suspecting foul play in the disappearance of a Texas soldier who has been missing for two months, according to a…

Rayshard Brooks funeral at same Atlanta church that mourned MLK

June 23, 2020 9:49 AM ABC News, Associated Press

ATLANTA, Georgia — Scores of mourners Tuesday paid their final respects to Rayshard Brooks at the Atlanta church where the Rev. Martin Luther King…

El Paso City Council approves resolution supporting police reforms

June 23, 2020 2:12 PM Shelby Montgomery

EL PASO, Texas — The city of El Paso is taking steps to encourage reforms at the El Paso Police Department. After national and local calls for…

New Mexico lawmakers approve state mandate for police body cams

June 22, 2020 4:38 PM KVIA ABC-7, Associated Press

SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico state legislators approved a measure to increase police accountability by requiring body cameras for state and…

20 Sunland Park police officers test negative for virus, are freed from quarantine

June 22, 2020 4:02 PM Jim Parker

SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — Twenty Sunland Park Police Department officers are now back on the job after a coronavirus scare. The group has all…

5 seriously hurt in early morning shooting in Texas capital

June 21, 2020 4:42 AM Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — At least five people were wounded in an early morning shooting in Texas’ capital, officials said Sunday. Five adults with…

Victim seriously injured in far east El Paso shooting

June 20, 2020 10:46 PM Brianna Chavez

EL PASO, Texas — One person was taken to the hospital after a shooting in far east El Paso on Saturday night. Fire dispatchers told ABC-7 it…

Infant shot, wounded near Horizon City in what deputies call ‘accident’

June 20, 2020 5:00 PM Jim Parker

HORIZON CITY, Texas – An infant injured earlier this week at a home near Horizon City suffered a gunshot wound from what was likely an “accidental…

Skeletal remains found near Fort Hood military base identified as missing soldier

June 20, 2020 1:29 PM ABC News

KILLEEN, Texas — An anonymous tip that led investigators in Killeen to skeletal remains nearby the Fort Hood military base was identified Saturday…

3 shot, wounded during large party near the SAC

June 20, 2020 4:21 AM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — Three people were shot and wounded early Saturday near the Socorro Athletic Complex or SAC, authorities said, with one of the…

Entire Sunland Park police force quarantined due to virus case

June 19, 2020 3:49 PM Saul Saenz

SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — All 20 officers of the Sunland Park Police Department have been quarantined at home after one of them tested positive for…

Another Otero County Prison inmate among 8 new virus deaths across New Mexico

June 19, 2020 4:22 PM Jim Parker

CHAPARRAL, New Mexico — An Otero County Prison inmate was among eight additional coronavirus deaths reported Friday in New Mexico. The deceased…

Officer involved in Breonna Taylor shooting fired by Louisville police

June 19, 2020 11:53 AM ABC News

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — A police officer involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor will be fired, the Louisville mayor announced…

SWAT team raids home in far east El Paso, makes gang-related arrest

June 18, 2020 1:51 PM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — A police standoff came to an end Thursday afternoon in a far east El Paso neighborhood with a SWAT team storming a house and making…

Former Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe

Ex-Atlanta police officer who killed Rayshard Brooks turns himself in

June 18, 2020 2:11 PM CNN

ATLANTA, Georgia — Former Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe has turned himself in to authorities, according to the Fulton County Sheriff’s…

Las Cruces man accused of raping woman after being released from jail for prior attack

June 18, 2020 2:52 PM Michael Gordon

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces man is back behind bars, allegedly responsible for a rape that he committed just 3 days after having been…

‘My dream is to at least take out 200 N******’: El Pasoan arrested for video threat to kill BLM protesters

June 17, 2020 7:50 PM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — A 42-year-old El Paso man has been arrested by the FBI and faces federal charges after he allegedly uploaded a racist video to…

Ex-officer charged with felony murder in Atlanta shooting death of Rayshard Brooks

June 17, 2020 12:57 PM ABC News, Associated Press

ATLANTA, Georgia — Prosecutors brought murder charges Wednesday against the white Atlanta police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks in the back,…

1 wounded, 1 sought in Dallas shopping mall shooting

June 16, 2020 7:59 PM Associated Press

DALLAS, Texas — One person was shot Tuesday at a busy Dallas shopping mall, and police were seeking a single suspect, authorities said. The…

‘We can’t disband the police department’ – but Las Cruces looks at transparency, reform

June 15, 2020 6:25 PM Kate Bieri

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Las Cruces City Council met Monday night for a passionate, three-hour discussion on global and local calls for police…

Man charged in New Mexico Oñate protest shooting; militia group’s presence ‘condemned’

June 15, 2020 9:27 PM Associated Press, ABC News, CNN

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — A 31-year-old man has been arrested and charged with aggravated battery in a shooting that happened as protesters in…

Bomb squad says suspicious package found at west El Paso credit union wasn’t explosive

June 16, 2020 12:12 PM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — For the second time in several days, the El Paso police bomb squad on Tuesday examined a suspicious package found at a west El Paso…

WATCH: Congresswoman Escobar holds town hall on police reform

June 16, 2020 12:19 PM KVIA ABC-7

El PASO, Texas — Congresswoman Veronica Escobar of El Paso held a virtual town hall Tuesday on the Democratic-sponsored Police Accountability and…

Hundreds of pounds of marijuana found in desert near Van Horn

June 15, 2020 8:02 PM David Burge

VAN HORN, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Van Horn station found multiple bundles of marijuana in the desert with an estimated…

Officer shot, wounded in ‘hail of gunfire’ in northeast El Paso; suspected gunman jailed

June 15, 2020 1:28 AM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso police officer was shot and wounded early Monday morning in what authorities described as a “hail of gunfire” after he…

Rayshard Brooks’ final moments were caught on video. Here’s what the footage shows

June 14, 2020 10:05 PM CNN

The death of Rayshard Brooks at the hands of a white Atlanta police officer has already resulted in a litany of consequences for the city. Brooks’…

Vandals target predominantly Black church in northeast El Paso

June 14, 2020 10:28 PM Kate Bieri

EL PASO, Texas — Parishioners at Destiny Family Christian Center in northeast El Paso found vandals had broken glass by throwing rocks through the…

Bomb squad says suspicious package found at shopping plaza near UTEP wasn’t explosive

June 14, 2020 6:02 PM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso police bomb squad examined a suspicious package found at a west El Paso shopping plaza on Sunday afternoon before…

Police say man shot 8 after being denied entry into San Antonio bar

June 13, 2020 8:18 AM CNN, Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Police were searching for a shooter who opened fire after he was denied entry into a bar in San Antonio, wounding eight people,…

‘We’re looking for solutions’: Boxing champ and comedian lead Las Cruces ‘Black Lives Matter’ town hall meeting

June 13, 2020 7:22 PM KVIA ABC-7

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Boxing champ Austin Trout and comedian Tommy Black led a discussion in downtown Las Cruces Saturday night around police…