Ceremonies for El Paso shooting anniversary wind down – but resilience remains
EL PASO, Texas — Twenty-three pillars lit up Monday to commemorate the lives lost during a shooting that targeted Mexicans at the Cielo…
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Who is the real Walmart hero who saved a baby and others during the shooting?
EL PASO, Texas — In the days that followed the Aug. 3rd shooting, police identified one man on store security video as a hero who helped to…
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A year after the El Paso massacre, newly elected District Attorney faces hard decision
EL PASO, Texas —As El Pasoans marked the one-year anniversary of the Walmart shooting Monday, attorney Yvonne Rosales was one of hundreds of…
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Las Cruces pays respect to victims of El Paso mass shooting
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The City of Las Cruces observed a moment of silence at the beginning of Monday afternoon’s City Council meeting to honor…
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‘Forgiveness isn’t given lightly’: El Pasoans balance healing with anger a year after Walmart massacre
EL PASO, Texas — It’s been about a year since the lyrics to the Spanish-language ballad rang out in the parking lot of a shopping complex in…
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Mourners revisit original Walmart shooting memorial in continued attempt to heal
EL PASO, Texas — As part of the one-year anniversary marking the horrific Aug. 3, 2019 shooting, more than 100 people gathered behind the Cielo…
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Remembering El Paso’s youngest Walmart shooting victim, he was 15
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Just one week into 10th grade, Javier Amir Rodriguez’s life was abruptly taken in the Cielo Vista Walmart mass shooting by a…
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Ponder Park, just blocks from site of El Paso Walmart shooting, becomes place for reflection
EL PASO, Texas — Just a few blocks away from the Cielo Vista Walmart is Ponder Park, where a makeshift memorial sprung up remembering the 23 people…
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Here’s a look at all 23 victims killed in the El Paso mass shooting
EL PASO, Texas — A total of 23 people were killed in the Aug. 3, 2019 mass shooting at the Cielo Vista El Paso Walmart. Above is a video…
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3rd arrest made in Lower Valley slaying thought to be drug deal gone wrong
EL PASO, Texas — Authorities on Monday announced the arrest of a third suspect in a Lower Valley murder that has previously been described by police…
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‘Why us?’ El Paso man mourns loss of sister last Aug. 3rd with new book
EL PASO, Texas — It’s been exactly one year since Al Hernandez lost his sister and her husband in El Paso’s greatest tragedy. “We have questioned…
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‘That’s the way a lot of us felt, that it was not real’: UMC surgeon recounts treating Walmart shooting victims
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Roughly two minutes: that’s how long a trauma surgeon at University Medical Center says her emergency room had to get ready…
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Mexican Consulate ceremony honors El Paso shooting victims
EL PASO, Texas — The Consulate General of Mexico in El Paso held a ceremony Monday morning to honor of the victims of the Aug. 3, 2019 mass…
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El Paso police lieutenant was on duty for both El Paso’s Aug. 3rd and New York’s 9/11
EL PASO, Texas– Everyone who lived through the darkest day in El Paso’s history will for ever have a story to tell about August 3rd. It’s likely…
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‘We’re pulling through’: Wounded youth soccer coach looks back on surviving Aug. 3 tragedy
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Aug. 3 tragedy took so many things away from Luis Calvillo. He was shot five times. He lost his father, and he lost one…
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Mayor Margo says it’s his mission to ensure shooting tragedy doesn’t define El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — Mayor Dee Margo was out of town when the Aug. 3, 2019 tragedy unfolded. He made it a point to get back to El Paso, and has since…
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Cielo Vista Walmart manager still grapples with what he saw on the morning of the attack at his store
EL PASO, Texas — Robert Evans, the Cielo Vista Walmart store manager, was there on Aug. 3 a year ago, and he says he still grapples with what he saw…
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El Paso’s mass shooting: A timeline of what’s happened since Aug. 3, 2019
EL PASO, Texas — Twenty-three people were killed after a 21-year-old from a Dallas suburb drove for up to 11 hours to El Paso armed with an…
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WATCH: Moment of silence at 10:39 a.m. for Walmart shooting victims
EL PASO, Texas — Monday at 10:39 a.m. there was a moment of silence observed near the ‘Grand Candela’ at Walmart and other locations across the…
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El Paso marks shooting anniversary amid virus pandemic with drive-thru memorials
EL PASO, Texas — When Stephanie Melendez, her husband and two young daughters tested positive for the coronavirus, the person she most wanted to…
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Infant whose parents died in Aug. 3 shooting is growing up in the shadow of tragedy
EL PASO, Texas — An infant boy who survived El Paso’s mass shooting a year ago that left his parents and 21 others dead now likes to thumb through…
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WATCH: Interfaith service on eve of Aug. 3 shooting anniversary
EL PASO, Texas — An interfaith community healing service was held at Ascarate Park on Sunday evening to mark one year after the El Paso Walmart…
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Border Patrol agents near Las Cruces find murder fugitive hiding in bus restroom
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A man wanted for murder in Virginia was arrested by Border Patrol agents who found him hiding in a restroom on a bus,…
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Police say Las Cruces man attacked officer over fear of snakes
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces man is facing charges after authorities say he became combative with police over a fear of snakes and tried…
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Las Cruces Police Department gets new interim chief
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Las Cruces Police Department is getting a new interim police chief. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports Deputy Chief…
Continue Reading Attacks against Latinos in the U.S. didn’t stop after El Paso’s shooting
EL PASO, Texas — As Natalia Miranda lay on the ground, she didn’t know how she got there. Her body was severely swollen and her clothes…
Continue Reading Bishop, El Paso leaders discuss Sunday’s community healing service to mark shooting anniversary
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz, County Judge Ricardo Samaniego, Mayor Dee Margo and Pastor Michael Grady – a national advocate for…
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‘A day everybody remembers for the rest of their life’: Doctors, nurses look back on Aug. 3 shooting
EL PASO, Texas — The main goal for doctors and nurses at Del Sol Medical Center in east El Paso has always been to save lives. That was especially…
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Former Doña Ana County deputy accused of hoarding evidence from unsolved sex crimes in his garage
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A former Doña Ana County Sheriff’s deputy faces multiple felony charges after officials confirmed Friday that he allegedly…
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