EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Police Department’s bomb squad cleared a suspicious package that was discovered near their headquarters in central El Paso on Monday morning. As a precaution, the police department shut down their headquarters on the 900 block of Raynor Street to the public after that package was discovered. It
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As the nation marks the fifth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando on Saturday, it has a staggering and grim new statistic to contend with for 2021. So far this year, we have suffered 270 mass shootings. From Friday afternoon to Sunday, at least nine people were killed and another 47 were injured
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — One of 14 people injured in a mass shooting in downtown Austin has died, police say. Douglas John Kantor, 25, died from his injures around noon local time Sunday, Austin Police said in a release. Authorities have arrested one person in connection with the shooting early Saturday morning, Mayor Steve Adler’s office
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(Editor’s note: An initial version of this article reported that a shooting had occurred. Authorities have now clarified that this incident turned out to be an assault and not a shooting.) EL PASO, Texas — A man was seriously injured late Saturday night in an assault at a downtown El Paso bar. The incident happened
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ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico — Alamogordo firefighters battled four separate brush fires that ignited this weekend, with investigators now concluding all of those wildfires were deliberately set. William Skaggs, the Alamogordo Fire Department’s lead investigator, said Sunday that some – if not all – of the fires are connected. He indicated that several persons of interest
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — Authorities have arrested one person in connection with the mass shooting overnight in downtown Austin, Texas, that left 14 people injured, Mayor Steve Adler’s office said. Two of the people injured were in critical condition, Austin Interim Police Chief Joseph Chacon said at a press briefing Saturday. There was no information immediately
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — As the nation marks the fifth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday, it has a staggering and grim new statistic to contend with for 2021. So far this year, we have suffered 267 mass shootings. That’s the new tally after four incidents occurred across the country between
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — At least 13 people were injured early Saturday morning in a shooting in downtown Austin, officials said. Two of the people injured are in critical condition, Austin Interim Chief of Police Joseph Chacon said at a news briefing Saturday. Six people were taken to a hospital by the Austin Police Department, and
Continue Reading DALLAS, Texas — Dallas police are investigating a shooting that injured five people Friday, including a 4-year-old girl. Around 4:45 p.m., police responded to reports of shooting among two groups of people “involved in a disturbance regarding an unknown matter,” police said in a website post. The child was taken to Children’s Medical Center and is in
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OTERO COUNTY, New Mexico — New evidence has been released in the case against Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin, KOB-TV in Albuquerque reported Friday. The Otero County commissioner is facing charges for his alleged role in the January insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Griffin has claimed he did not knowingly trespass. However, the new evidence
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Police Department identified a body found by the U.S.-Mexico border wall near Ascarate Park in the Lower Valley on Friday morning as that of a 24-year-old Mexican national. Investigators said the man was trying to scale the 35-foot border fence near the Border Highway and Fonseca Drive
Continue Reading SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Texas officials are investigating after newly released body camera footage obtained by the non-profit news outlet Reveal showed a deputy tasing a migrant teenage boy at a shelter. The footage, which the outlet said it obtained under a Texas state records law from the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, showed a deputy
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — An 18-year-old and her baby who were believed to have been kidnapped in Texas have been found safe, Corpus Christi police said Thursday. An Amber Alert and a Clear Alert were issued for the pair by the Texas Department of Public Safety on Tuesday night. A man named Kristian Garcia is
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WASHINGTON, DC — The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has pleaded guilty to charges in the U.S. that alleged she helped her husband run his multi-billion-dollar criminal empire. Emma Coronel Aispuro pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington on Thursday to three criminal charges at a plea agreement hearing. She wore
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada — A 58-year-old moped rider was struck and killed this week in a suspected drunk driving crash a few blocks west of the Las Vegas Strip and the El Paso driver of the sports car who hit him at a high rate of speed was taken into custody. Police told ABC affiliate KTNV
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The second-degree murder trial for a former Las Cruces police officer charged with in the choking death of a suspect will be delayed from July until January of next year, court records show. The case against Christopher Smelser stems from the chokehold death of Antonio Valenzuela after he fled from
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UPDATE, June 9: Police announced a second arrest Wednesday in the shooting and wounding of a 17-year-old last week in far east El Paso. Authorities said 25–year old Oscar Contreras was arrested by federal marshals a day prior and booked into El Paso’s downtown jail, where he was being held on a million dollars bond.
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UPDATE, June 9: An El Paso teenager has been arrested and charged in a drive-by shooting earlier this month that police said resulted in children at a nearby elementary school running for cover as the gunfire rang out. 19–year-old Jesus Soto was booked into the downtown jail on two counts of deadly conduct and was
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Las Cruces Police Department and other volunteers came together Wednesday morning to create a piece of artwork using rocks to show how much “LCPD Cares.” The project was a partnership between LCPD and local rock artist Kathy Murrow. LCPD Community Outreach Officer Alex Rodriguez said he reached out to
Continue Reading CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A man wanted for murder is accused of kidnapping his 18-year-old ex-girlfriend and her 1-year-old daughter, prompting the issuance of a statewide Amber Alert in Texas on Tuesday night, ABC affiliate KTRK reported. According to police in Corpus Christi, 24-year-old Kristian Garcia went inside the home of his ex-girlfriend, Jezabel Zamora,
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(Editor’s note: A prior version of this report indicated 52 –year-old Marco Carrillo, who was critically injured in the crash, had died. It has been corrected to reflect that he remains on life-support. We regret the error.) UPDATE, June 8: Two New Mexico men allegedly fleeing after committing a store robbery are blamed for triggering
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — A bipartisan U.S. Senate investigation of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has uncovered broad government, military and law enforcement missteps surrounding the violent attack, including a breakdown within multiple intelligence agencies and a lack of training and preparation for Capitol Police officers who were quickly overwhelmed by the rioters. The
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso man is now slated to go on trial this fall for the murder of a woman who authorities contend was killed after going on a date with him nearly two years ago, according to court records from a status conference held Monday in the case. Ricardo Marquez, 28,
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AUSTIN, Texas — There was hope in the air when state lawmakers from El Paso arrived in Austin for the 2021 Texas Legislature. For them, this was going to be the year they passed substantive firearm restrictions in gun-loving Texas — an unreachable, unfathomable goal for any other Legislative session. But this wasn’t just any
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UPDATE, June 7: El Paso police indicated Monday that the suspect in a weekend stabbing of a teenage girl outside the Cielo Vista Mall remained at-large after fleeing the attack scene. Investigators have said the stabbing stemmed from a fight between two teen girls in front of the Macy’s store. One of the pair pulled
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UPDATE, June 7: El Paso police on Monday released the mugshot of 25–year-old Khalil Mann, who was booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility on charges stemming from a May 17 assault of an MMA coach and another man at the EPTX bar. Mann was returned to El Paso late last week after his
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland unveiled Monday two proposals meant to help curb gun violence, an announcement that comes after another violent weekend. The Justice Department proposed to clarify the restrictions on stabilizing braces that transform a pistol into a short-barreled rifle and can “cause great damage and are more likely to
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El PASO, Texas — Three men are behind bars after allegedly attempting to kidnap someone for an El Paso bail bonds company. Aldo Navar Fernandez, 28; Carlos Alfredo Ortiz, 38; and Fernando Serrano, 47 were all being held in the downtown jail this weekend on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and attempted
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EL PASO, Texas — A person was stabbed early Sunday during what police described as a case of “family violence” in far east El Paso. Initially, police said the stabbing victim had died, but about two hours later issued another statement saying detectives were not responding to the scene because the injuries were determined to
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EL PASO, Texas — A small corner grocery store in El Paso’s Lower Valley was raided by police Saturday as part of an investigation involving local, state and federal authorities. The police activity targeted Mandi’s Groceries, located at 606 Mauer Road and Lilac Drive, but officials were mum on the reason for the raid. The
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