MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — The convenience store cashier who was handed a counterfeit $20 bill by George Floyd — setting in motion the Black man’s ill-fated encounter with police — testified Wednesday that he watched Floyd’s arrest outside with “disbelief — and guilt.” “If I would’ve just not taken the bill, this could’ve been avoided,” 19-year-old Christopher Martin
Continue Reading MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — As onlookers pleaded with Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin to take his knee off George Floyd’s neck, Chauvin just gave them a “cold” and “heartless” stare, the teenager who shot the harrowing video of the arrest testified Tuesday at Chauvin’s murder trial. In sometimes-tearful testimony, Darnella Frazier, 18, said Chauvin continued to
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WACO, Texas — A Texas state trooper and married father of four children, who remains hospitalized after being shot while in the line of duty, “no longer displays signs of valuable brain activity,” authorities said. “After extensive life-saving efforts conducted by the Baylor Scott and White medical professionals, it has been determined that Trooper Chad Walker no
Continue Reading BOULDER, Colorado — Officer Eric Talley was remembered at a public funeral in Lafayette, Colorado, on Tuesday — one week after giving his life as the first police officer to arrive at the King Soopers store where a gunman killed 10 people. A brief procession and motorcade preceded the memorial service at Flatirons Community Church
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SOCORRO, Texas — A victim was shot and seriously wounded in Socorro on Monday afternoon, authorities said. The gunfire happened about 2 p.m. in the 11600 block of Datsun Road. Socorro police detectives were at the scene investigating throughout the afternoon. The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital in serious condition. Police did not
Continue Reading MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — The former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd went on trial Monday, with prosecutors showing the jury video of Derek Chauvin pressing his knee on the Black man’s neck for several minutes as onlookers yelled at him repeatedly to get off and Floyd gasped that he couldn’t breathe. In opening
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EL PASO, Texas — A central El Paso weekend shooting stemmed from a man insulting another man’s wife, police said Monday. The shooting happened Sunday evening in a commercial/business area of central El Paso in the 4000 block of Monroe, near U.S. 54 and Cassidy Road. Investigators on Monday said the witnesses disarmed 53–year-old William
Continue Reading RAINS COUNTY, Texas — A teenage girl in Texas has been abducted by a registered sex offender and is in “extreme danger,” according to a statewide Amber Alert issued Monday. Lexus Gray, 14, was allegedly kidnapped by her non-custodial father, 40-year old Justin Gray, after authorities say he assaulted and chased her mom with a
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EL PASO, Texas — Court documents obtained by ABC-7 state the man accused of stabbing his nephew told police “I killed him” and showed officers the knife he reportedly used. Police said 67-year-old Jose Luis Murillo is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Officers were called to 9029 Padilla Dr. shortly before 7
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EL PASO, Texas — Police arrested a man in connection with three incidents of theft involving catalytic converters. Police said 31-year-old Gary Duncan was arrested after witnesses reported seeing Duncan crawl under a vehicle at the Burlington Coat Factory parking lot at 2036 N. Zaragoza. Witnesses told police they heard sounds of an electric saw
Continue Reading [Breaking news update, published at 11:35 a.m. ET] Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, the 21-year-old suspect in Monday’s massacre at the King Soopers supermarket in the Colorado city of Boulder, faces 10 counts of murder in the first degree, Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold said Tuesday. The 10 people who died ranged in age from 20
Continue Reading [Breaking news update, published at 8:49 p.m. ET] One law enforcement officer was killed in the shooting at the King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, two law enforcement sources told CNN. One senior law enforcement source also says the weapon used in the shooting was an AR-15-style rifle. [Previous story, published at 7:52 p.m. ET]
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EL PASO, Texas — Gang unit officers arrested 20-year-old Edwin Rodriguez on a felony warrant Thursday and referred eight others who were in Rodriguez’s company to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Police said Rodriguez was arrested after he was seen walking in and out of a home at the 3100 block of Hamilton in
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EL PASO, Texas — Police have arrested the man who allegedly stabbed a man and woman at an apartment complex in East El Paso. Officers were called to the scene at 3650 George Dieter just after 1:30 a.m. Saturday. 31-year-old Adrian Delgado is charged with murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Police said
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The man who pleaded guilty to striking and killing a Berino teen in 2019 was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday. Oscar Anchondo, now 23, struck 16-year-old Beto Romero on April 3rd, 2019. Anchondo pled guilty to the crime on March 2nd to three felonies: homicide by vehicle as
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police said a man was being treated for injuries to both of his legs Sunday at University Medical Center. Officers responded to the hospital, but police said the man was uncooperative, only saying he was shot while walking behind the Opportunity Center at 1200 Myrtle Ave in south-central El
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EL PASO, Texas — Police arrested 31-year-old Carlos Silva for allegedly shooting 33-year-old Jonathan Jacob Rios Friday night. The shooting happened around 9:45 p.m. at 849 Lafayette. Police said Rios was found at the scene with gunshot wounds and was taken to the hospital. There’s no word yet on how serious his injuries were or
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso police officers arrested one person who stabbed a man in northeast El Paso Sunday evening, according to the department. The stabbing happened at 3314 Craigo Avenue, which is near U.S. 54 and Hondo Pass Drive. Police say first responders rushed the victim to the hospital Sunday evening. A dispatcher
Continue Reading DALLAS, Texas — Dallas police say one person is dead and five others are wounded following a shooting inside a nightclub. A fight broke out between two groups early Saturday inside Pryme Night Club. A person in one of the groups pulled out a gun and opened fire, striking six people. Those six people were
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EL PASO, Texas — Sheriff’s deputies were investigating how a far east El Paso toddler became seriously injured and required hospitalization Friday evening. Deputies said they responded to a call about an injured person just before 6 p.m. in the 12000 block of Branell Lane and found a toddler suffering from what they described as
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — A man suspected in the death of his ex-wife and three others in Albuquerque and who was extradited to New Jersey last week for a separate murder charge claimed in court Friday that he killed as many as 15 people in New Mexico. Sean Lannon, 47, has been charged with the
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UPDATE, March 18: Over a month after a fleeing fugitive was alleged to have dragged an officer with his car, Las Cruces police released a body cam video that shows the incident which resulted in gunfire. You can view it in the player above. UPDATE, Feb. 8: The man accused of dragging a Las Cruces
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FORT BLISS, Texas — Human remains were discovered Thursday off of Hondo Pass on Fort Bliss land, officials confirmed. The Army’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) was at the scene examining the remains that were dug up. No further information about the discovery was immediately available. It marked the second finding of human remains in the
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UPDATE #2, March 18: Officials at Fort Bliss confirmed Thursday that a man shot and killed, allegedly by his teenage stepson, was a senior non-commissioned officer assigned to the 1st Armored Division Headquarters. Sgt. 1st Class Allan Edwards, 31, was a Tennessee native of Telford, who joined the U.S. Army in March 2008 and arrived
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UPDATE, March 18: Police said Thursday that a St. Patrick’s Day stabbing at a central El Paso bar involved an employee defending himself against a drunken customer. Investigators indicated an intoxicated man who was asked to leave the Pour Judgment bar began choking a worker. That’s when detectives said the worker defended himself by stabbing
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EL PASO, Texas — Human remains were discovered Wednesday at the construction site of an El Paso distribution center for retail giant Amazon. The 115-acre site is located between Rojas and Interstate 10 near Eastlake. A spokesperson for the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office confirmed bones were found at the scene. The El Paso County
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ATLANTA, Georgia — A white gunman accused of killing eight people, most of them of women of Asian descent, at three Atlanta-area massage parlors was charged with murder Wednesday in an attack that sent terror through the Asian American community that’s increasingly been targeted during the coronavirus pandemic. Robert Aaron Long, 21, told police the
Continue Reading ATLANTA, Georgia — Video evidence suggests “it is extremely likely” that the same person was responsible for the three deadly shootings at massage parlors in the metro Atlanta area, police said Tuesday night. Eight people were killed and one person was wounded in the attacks. Two of the shootings were at spas across the street
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UPDATE, March 16: El Paso police on Tuesday identified the seriously injured man in an east El Paso triple stabbing case and said two men had now been arrested. Investigators said 23–year old Fawaz Masheer suffered multiple, life-threatening stab wounds that left him hospitalized. Two others, whose identifies were not released, were found with less
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UPDATE, March 15: Police released the mugshot Monday of an El Paso officer charged in a shooting that wounded an assault suspect outside a downtown bar. 34-year-old Officer Anthony Greer, who police said last week was relieved of his duties, has been accused of using unjustified force in the wounding of 33-year-old Eduardo Daniel Reyes.
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