Southern New Mexico GOP congressional candidate shoots red flag to oppose state law
CAPROCK, New Mexico — A Republican U.S. House candidate in southern New Mexico has just released an ad with her shooting a “red flag” to…
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Red-flag gun bill heads to New Mexico governor for signature
SANTA FE, New Mexico — The Democrat-led New Mexico Legislature approved a red-flag gun law Thursday night with a final vote of the state House,…
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Man accused of stabbing his parents to death in his west El Paso home
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A 35-year-old man was arrested Thursday on capital murder charges after he allegedly stabbed his visiting parents to death…
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Mystery hero’s reunion with family of baby saved in Walmart mass shooting is postponed
EL PASO, Texas — A reunion that was months in the making has now been put on hold. Lazaro Ponce, the man who authorities say saved a two-month-old…
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Border officers make ‘huge’ liquid meth and gun ammo busts in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers said they made a pair of “huge” seizures Wednesday night involving liquid meth and a…
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UMC parking lot treated as crime scene after victim arrives at hospital ER with gunshot wounds
EL PASO, Texas — Police cordoned off a portion of the parking lot at University Medical Center in front of the emergency room entrance Wednesday…
Continue Reading Mystery hero calls accused Walmart shooter a ‘coward who deserves to get the death penalty’
EL PASO, Texas — The now-identified mystery hero seen on surveillance video saving a baby during last year’s mass shooting at the Cielo Vista…
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Parents concerned about photo showing what appears to be El Paso student holding hand-gun in school restroom
EL PASO, Texas — A photo of what appears to be an El Paso middle school student holding a gun in a school restroom is circulating on social media,…
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Questions arise over Border Patrol agents ‘taser’ use in El Paso restaurant after viral video surfaces
EL PASO, Texas — A video circulating on social media shows U.S. Border Patrol agents using a “taser” to shock and subdue a man they say was a…
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Accused El Paso Walmart shooter makes initial federal court appearance in shackles, pleads ‘not guilty’ to hate crimes
EL PASO, Texas — The man accused of killing 22 people and wounding two dozen more in a shooting at El Paso’s Cielo Vista Walmart made an initial…
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El Paso firefighter seriously hurt after being struck by pickup truck in hit & run on Transmountain
(Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect a change in the color of the vehicle that authorities now say they are looking for.) EL…
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Man sentenced to over 37 years in prison for 2017 crime spree that killed retired Las Cruces officer
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Colorado man was sentenced to 37 years and five months in prison Wednesday for a carjacking resulting in the…
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Arrest made after chase leads to standoff with wanted fugitive at home north of Las Cruces
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — An arrest was made Wednesday afternoon ending a standoff involving a wanted fugitive who had barricaded himself in a home…
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Accused El Paso Walmart shooter appointed 2 new lawyers for Wednesday federal court appearance; judge rules no ‘perp walk’
EL PASO, Texas — The man accused of killing 22 people and injuring two dozen more in a shooting rampage at an El Paso Walmart last August has been…
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El Paso police narcotics detective killed in Arizona traffic crash blamed on drunk driver
BYLAS, Arizona — An El Paso police narcotics detective and retired sergeant major in the Texas Army National Guard was killed in a weekend…
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Vigil held for victims of Las Cruces bowling alley massacre on 30th anniversary
LAS Cruces, New Mexico — Thirty years have passed since one of the darkest days in Las Cruces’ history – a massacre that claimed five lives at a…
Continue Reading Borderland Crimes, Podcast 3: Massacre at Las Cruces Bowl: America’s largest unsolved mass shooting
On Feb. 10, 1990, two men shot seven people while robbing a bowling alley in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Four of the victims died. Three of the dead were…
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Alleged drunk, speeding driver charged with vehicular homicide in crash that killed Oñate High School football player
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Mesquite man who police contend was drunk and speeding when his car was involved in a deadly crash over the weekend has…
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1 dead, 2 police officers hurt in shooting at Walmart in Arkansas
FORREST CITY, Arkansas — Two police officers were wounded and a gunman was killed Monday morning in an exchange of gunfire at a Walmart store in…
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Caught on video: 2 shot, 1 killed, by security guard at Texas sports bar
HOUSTON, Texas — Authorities say a security guard at a sports bar fatally shot one man early Sunday and wounded another on the northern outskirts…
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Mom dead, but 2 missing children found alive after Texas Amber Alert
DALLAS, Texas — A 7-year-old boy and a 1-year-old boy were found alive Monday morning after their mother was found dead Sunday night, police said. …
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Injured man found lying on ground in east El Paso in what police describe as a ‘crime scene’
EL PASO, Texas — Police closed off Zaragoza and Pellicano in east El Paso after a man was found lying on the ground Sunday just after 6:30 a.m. The…
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Socorro man arrested for allegedly shooting at homes and cars
SOCORRO, Texas — A Socorro man has been arrested for allegedly shooting at homes and cars in the community, police said. Ricardo Velasquez, 20, was…
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El Paso pub that allegedly served woman prior to her 5th drunk driving arrest is cleared in state probe
EL PASO, Texas — Three Pints Pub in the 10700 block of North Gateway Boulevard has been cleared of any wrongdoing in the case of an El Paso woman…
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Border agents set single-day record for drug seizures at El Paso ports of entry
EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in El Paso made five separate drug seizures in a single-day, setting a new record,…
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Texas wants your help preventing mass violence, how you can assist using your phone
EL PASO, Texas — In an effort to curb mass violence, state agencies in Texas have developed an application for your phone with the hopes of saving…
Continue Reading Accused El Paso Walmart shooter indicted on federal hate crime charges
EL PASO, Texas — The man accused of killing 22 people and wounding two dozen more in a shooting that targeted Mexicans in El Paso is being formally…
Continue Reading Las Cruces police following old & new leads on 30-year anniversary of bowling alley massacre
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Las Cruces police said Thursday that they were following both old and new leads in a three-decade old mass shooting that…
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Texas executes man who killed wife, children, other relatives during drug-fueled rage
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Dallas man was executed Thursday evening for a shooting in which he killed his wife, two children and two other relatives…
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Police arrest armed robbery suspects after foot chase outside Cielo Vista Mall
El PASO, Texas — Some tense moments Wednesday afternoon outside El Paso’s Cielo Vista Mall as police chased on foot a group of armed robbery…
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