WASHINGTON, DC — The game between the San Diego Padres and Washington was suspended in the sixth inning Saturday night after a shooting outside Nationals Park that caused echoes of gunfire inside the stadium and prompted fans to scramble for safety in the dugout. The shooting, an exchange of gunfire between people in two cars,
Continue Reading CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A sign found hanging this week from a pedestrian bridge near the Rio Grande in Juarez carried a “warning” directed at El Paso-based U.S. Border Patrol agents, according to a report from Newsweek. “Bullets can also cross the river and the (border) wall,” read the sign’s message in Spanish. It has since been
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LEVELLAND, Texas — Authorities captured the suspect late Thursday following an hours-long police standoff where one officer was killed and four others were wounded in a small West Texas city. Omar Soto-Chavira, 22, was injured when he was taken into custody around 11:30 p.m. at a home in Levelland, police Chief Albert Garcia told reporters.
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EL PASO — A man was taken to the hospital early Thursday morning after being stabbed in central El Paso, according to police. Officials said the incident took place at around 1 a.m. in the 3600 block of Lincoln Avenue. Police said the man told them he was jumped by three or four other man
Continue Reading ANNAPOLIS, Maryland — A jury has found a gunman criminally responsible for killing five people at a Maryland newspaper. The jury of eight men and four women rejected defense attorneys’ arguments that Jarrod Ramos was unable to understand the criminality of his actions because of mental illness when he attacked the Capital Gazette newsroom in
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UPDATE #2, July 14: A Horizon City man shot dead by a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper at a gas station had driven erratically to catch up with the trooper before confronting him and grabbing his stun gun, state officials said in a statement late Wednesday. Officials confirmed the identity of the deceased, previously
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UPDATE, July 14: Police on Wednesday released new details about a boy who was shot and wounded with a BB gun over the weekend in northeast El Paso. Investigators said a 16-year-old shot his 12-year-old brother in what was apparently an accident. As a result, no charges have been filed, police indicated. The BB gun shooting
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — Police activity in Albuquerque on Wednesday afternoon turned into gunfire, with an FBI agent getting shot and wounded, while the suspect was killed, ABC affiliate KOAT reported. According to officials, the FBI was executing a search warrant for a violent crime investigation at a business on the northeast side of the
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FORT HOOD, Texas — A woman accused of helping Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen’s suspected killer dismember and dispose of Guillen’s body last year has been indicted by a grand jury. Cecily Ann Aguilar was indicted Tuesday on 11 federal charges including accessory after the fact, destruction of records in a federal case, conspiracy to tamper
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — For the first time in U.S. Senate history, Democrats on Wednesday moved toward ending the federal prohibition on cannabis, removing it from the federal list of controlled substances. It’s a move sponsors hope will also end the disproportionate harm that has been done to communities of color. To date, some 18 states have legalized the recreational use of marijuana and
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UPDATE, July 14: El Paso police said Wednesday that suspicious items triggering a bomb scare at an east side store plaza for over five hours turned out to be harmless. A police spokesman said the items found about 3 p.m. Tuesday were abandoned backpacks. “As a precaution, the bomb squad went out, and they determined
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EL PASO, Texas — Tuesday was an emotional day for the family of Erika Gaytan, as it marked exactly two years since the disappearance of the El Paso woman. Police believe she was murdered by a man she dated, but her body hasn’t been found. Gaytan’s family went to church Tuesday evening to pray on
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso District Attorney is seeking the opinion from the Texas Attorney General on whether she can hire graduate law students with “supervised practice cards” as assistant district attorneys. In a letter to the Attorney General’s Office, DA Yvonne Rosales said the three graduates she wishes to hire are scheduled
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — The co-founder of the “We Build The Wall” project aimed at raising money for a private border wall in Sunland Park has been indicted on a second tax charge in Florida, adding to an earlier tax charge and fraud charge. A federal grand jury indicted Brian Kolfage this week on a
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UPDATE, July 8: El Paso police on Thursday identified the victim of a July 4th shooting on the city’s far east side as 42-year-old Nelson Maldonado. Detectives said he survived the shooting on Beacham Street and remained hospitalized at Del Sol Medical Center in stable condition. Police indicated no arrests had yet been made, saying
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UPDATE, July 8: Investigators said Thursday that no foul play was suspected in the death of a man whose body was found a day prior in a van in the parking lot of a Home Depot store on El Paso’s east side. Police said they were still working to confirm the man’s identity, but offered
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UPDATE, July 8: El Paso police said Thursday that a boy’s death the day prior at a home in the 4200 block of Fred Wilson Avenue occurred under “suspicious circumstances.” Detectives said the investigation continued into what was initially reported as a “suicide.” No further details of the case were provided. ORIGINAL REPORT, July 7:
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UPDATE, July 8: El Paso police said Thursday that a body found in a drainage reservoir under the Cotton overpass wasn’t a case of foul play. However, they didn’t indicate how the man died. Investigators also said they were still working to confirm the man’s identity. No additional information was provided. ORIGINAL REPORT, July 6:
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a deal with the Public Service Board for the transfer of 306 acres in northeast El Paso for the construction of a new fire and police academy. The plot is located north of the North Hills subdivision and west of Martin Luther King Jr.
Continue Reading By Ashley Killough and Paul LeBlanc, CNN A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the negligence of the United States government was mostly responsible for the 2017 mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, one of the deadliest mass shootings in recent history. US District Judge Xavier Rodriguez for the Western District of Texas
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas – A statewide Amber Alert was issued Wednesday asking for the public’s help in locating a 2-year-old Texas boy who is believed to have been abducted. Kayeden Mathew Stutzman was last seen at 11 p.m. Tuesday in San Antonio, ABC affiliate KSAT reported. The Amber Alert issued by the Texas Department of Public
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ANTHONY, New Mexico — Two El Paso-area communities are among the safest places to live in New Mexico, according to a new report from Safewise. Safewise looked at the most recent FBI crime data stats including violent crime, package theft and murders, to make their determinations, ABC affiliate KOAT noted. The online publication Only in Your State published
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police detectives on Tuesday announced the charging of a suspect in a road rage incident that occurred in late May. 30-year-old Denzel Bradley Williams was arrested over the holiday weekend by a fugitive task force on a warrant charging him with aggravated assault. Police allege Williams pulled out a
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UPDATE, July 6: Joel Arciniega-Saenz, a homeless person who Las Cruces police say admitted to killing a man by cutting off his head and using it as a soccer ball, was denied bond Tuesday during a detention hearing in court. In denying bond, a judge found Arciniega-Saenz to be dangerous to the community if released.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A registered sex offender has been arrested by Las Cruces police on accusations that he sexually assaulted two young girls, ages 9 and 10, authorities announced Tuesday. Joshua Ruben Chavez, 43, of Las Cruces, is charged with five first-degree felony counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor, two second-degree felony
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UPDATE: EL PASO, Texas — One man was hospitalized and another was behind bars Tuesday following a fight between east El Paso neighbors that ended in a stabbing. The incident in the 3800 block of Leticia stemmed from what police described as an “ongoing dispute between neighbors.” 27–year-old Julio Eduardo Munoz was hospitalized in serious
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UPDATE, July 6: Police on Tuesday identified the victim fatally shot over the holiday weekend in central El Paso and labeled the death as a case of murder. 59-year-old Ethan Darnell Dorsey was found by officers outside of his apartment at 3905 Pierce Avenue suffering from gunshot wounds. Authorities said he was rushed to a
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FORT WORTH, Texas — Police in Forth Worth reported eight people have been wounded in a shooting near a car wash in which it appears multiple guns were used. Police said in a statement that the eight gunshot victims were taken to hospitals and were in stable condition. Police said no suspects are in custody.
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TRUTH OR CONSEQUNCES, New Mexico — Authorities confirmed Friday that two suspicious devices discovered by a person picking up cans in a Truth or Consequences park turned out to be explosives. X-rays conducted by the New Mexico State Police Bomb Squad determined both items found Thursday in Ralph Edwards Park, located off of Cedar and
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Las Cruces Police Department is defending the shooting of a dog that rushed two of its officers earlier this week, calling it an unfortunate and tragic incident. The officers responded to a welfare check when police said the dog charged at them, leaving them no choice but to fatally
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