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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…
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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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Reward grows to $50k as Las Cruces church explosions remain mystery after 5 years
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Five years after small explosions outside two churches stirred a scare in Las Cruces the case remains a mystery. The FBI…
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22-year-old man arrested for threatening El Paso Walmart employee at Gateway West store
EL PASO, Texas — A 22-year-old man was arrested by sheriff’s deputies Friday, accused of making threats towards an El Paso Walmart worker. Cameron…
Continue Reading Appeals court vacates Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence, orders new penalty trial
A federal appeals court ruled on Friday to vacate the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who along with his brother planted homemade bombs near the…
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Man clings to life after being shot in head in central El Paso
UPDATE: Police on Friday released a few new details about a Thursday night shooting that critically wounded a man in the 4300 block of Missouri, and…
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23 luminarias lit outside El Paso Museum of History in victims’ honor for shooting anniversary
EL PASO, Texas — They are a humble Hispanic tradition, paper lanterns known as luminarias. Those luminarias also became an iconic symbol after the…
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‘I will help’: Trump pledges to pay for Vanessa Guillen’s funeral
WASHINGTON, D.C. — During a meeting between Vanessa Guillen’s family members and President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, the…
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Knife-wielding man suspected in armed store robberies nabbed by El Paso police
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police said Thursday they arrested a knife-wielding man suspected in a pair of convenience store armed robberies. Nicholas…
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Las Cruces judge dismisses case against ex-deputy in state’s longest-running murder prosecution
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A judge on Wednesday dismissed all charges in the case of a former sheriff’s deputy who was charged in the shooting…
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