EL PASO, Texas — White supremacists and other far-right extremists killed at least 42 people in the U.S. in 2019, the sixth-deadliest year for violence by all domestic extremists since 1970, according to a report issued Wednesday by a group that fights anti-semitism. The Anti-Defamation League counted a total of 42 domestic extremism-related slayings last
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MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin — An ex-employee opened fire with a gun and killed five people before taking his own life at the MillerCoors brewery complex in Milwaukee, law enforcement officials told ABC News. The gunman was identified as a 51-year-old Milwaukee man who had been fired earlier Wednesday and returned to the site with a gun,
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EL PASO, Texas — The driver who allegedly struck and seriously wounded an El Paso firefighter — and then drove off — earlier this month has been arrested, police announced Tuesday night. The SUV involved in the incident was also found, El Paso police said, indicating that “a tip from a citizen who ‘heard something'”
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — One Saturday morning, Liliana Muñoz Puente of Juarez was with her aunt shopping at El Paso’s Cielo Vista Walmart, buying school supplies for her son. That Saturday morning was last Aug. 3. Muñoz Puente spoke to local documentarian Charlie Minn about what she went through. She was leaving the store when she saw the shooter.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A 19-year-old engineering student at New Mexico State University says she was nearly scammed out of the money she desperately needed to find a new home close to campus. Jeannina Pratt isn’t alone as several other Las Cruces residents have recently dealt with a new rental scam that has been
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UPDATE 2/26/20: El Paso police released the mugshot of murder suspect Zachary Carter. A police affidavit also shows his arrest came after he asked a detention officer to call him an Uber ride. ORIGINAL REPORT 2/22/20: EL PASO, Texas — A 19-year-old El Paso man was shot in the chest and killed Friday night in
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EL PASO, Texas — Mardi Gras celebrations in the Cincinnati Entertainment District were quieter this year than in year’s past. There was an increased police presence on Cincinnati this year. Just last month, a crackdown led to the arrest of 21 people in the district for things like drugs, traffic violations and public intoxication. Still,
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EL PASO, Texas — ABC-7 has learned the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is planning on bringing in new handheld radios to improve communications that were hampered during last year’s Walmart mass shooting. Sheriff’s commander Ryan Urrutia told ABC-7 that the communications lapse was brief because those who had updated radios were able to help
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday afternoon signed a controversial red-flag gun measure into law that allows courts to order the surrender of firearms from people who appear to pose a danger to themselves or others. She also said any sheriff who doesn’t want to enforce the new law should
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EL PASO, Texas — ABC-7 tried to get answers Monday from the El Paso judge who signed off on a personal recognizance bond for the man now accused of stabbing and seriously wounding a 5-year-old girl inside a McDonald’s restaurant play area last week. Judge Francisco Dominguez had granted the PR release to Isaac Dorfman,
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SOCORRO, Texas — A second teenager was arrested Monday in the month-old slaying of a Socorro High School football player, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said. A 15-year-old boy was taken into custody about 4:30 p.m. by deputies on a murder charge stemming from the late January drive-by shooting death of 15-year-old Socorro High
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MESQUITE, Texas — A statewide Amber Alert was issued Monday evening for an 8-month-old Texas girl whom police said was abducted. The girl, Nyla Crockett, was last seen in Mesquite on Feb. 21, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. She was described as black with brown hair and brown eyes. Police were searching for
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — New Mexico State Police have canceled an Amber Alert for a 2-year-old Albuquerque boy after the boy was found safely, ABC affiliate KOAT reported. Albuquerque police said they found 2-year-old Johnny Arias on Monday morning and took the boy’s father, Jose Rito Arias, into custody. Investigators said Arias took the young
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DEMING, New Mexico — A man died after being shot by a New Mexico State Police officer near Deming following a high-speed chase on Saturday evening, authorities said. According to state police, the man had violated a temporary order of protection. His name was not released. He initially led the Deming Police Department on a
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — As many as five people were killed and a police officer injured in a fierce gun battle between authorities and drug gang members in southern Juárez, according to TV Azteca Noticias and other Mexican media outlets which posted online videos of the shootout. It happened off Casas Grandes Highway in a
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — A northeast El Paso shooting victim was clinging to life at a local hospital early Saturday in what was the city’s second shooting within a few hours. Police said the latest shooting happened prior to 3:30 a.m. in the 4400 block of Loma Diamente in a residential neighborhood. The victim suffered
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EL PASO, Texas — The former El Paso U.S. Marshal said Friday that a Drug Enforcement Administration plan to fight a meth uptick in key U.S. cities like El Paso is needed. “I think that is what it takes is law enforcement being proactive and going after the cartels, going after the drugs that are coming
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EL PASO, Texas — Two former NFL players were walking free on bond Friday after federal agents said they caught them with over 150 pounds of marijuana at the Sierra Blanca checkpoint. A federal judge in El Paso granted bond Friday to former Cleveland Browns starting offensive tackle Greg Robinson and former Indianapolis Colts wide
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Municipal Court will be offering the community 13 days of amnesty to resolve warrants, citations and tickets. Activated and prior warrant fees, collection fees and late fees for parking citations will be waived. Officials are encouraging to take advantage of the opportunity to pay traffic tickets and restore
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EL PASO, Texas – The mother of a 5-year-old girl who was stabbed inside a McDonald’s restaurant in northeast El Paso earlier this week is speaking out. Lesley De La Rosa said Thursday afternoon that she is outraged that the accused stabber had a long criminal history and was out on the streets on what
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EL PASO, Texas– Churchgoers at the Bethel Church of God learned how to defend themselves against an active shooter. A safety seminar Thursday evening was led by Jimmy Meeks, a retired police officer and church minister. Churchgoers were reminded that one of the worst mass shootings in American history happened in a church. On Nov.
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HORIZON CITY, Texas — Gruesome details emerged Thursday about the killing of a 37-year-old Horizon woman, who allegedly died at the hands of her live-in boyfriend last month in what authorities described in court papers as a brutal and bloody assault. Travis James Edmisten, 36, was arrested Wednesday by El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies on
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso man accused of randomly stabbing a 5-year-old girl who was playing inside a McDonald’s restaurant play area was free on bond at the time while facing charges for another violent knife crime, according to court records obtained by ABC-7 on Thursday. Isaac Dorfman, 25, is currently being held
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EL PASO, Texas — Federal authorities are targeting methamphetamine “transportation hubs” around the country in an effort to block the distribution of the highly addictive drug, officials announced Thursday. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon announced the launch of Operation Crystal Shield. El Paso is one of eight cities the agency has identified
Continue Reading SIERRA BLANCA, Texas — Cleveland Browns player Gregory Robinson was arrested and jailed in El Paso after U.S. Border Patrol agents found 157 pounds of marijuana in a car at a checkpoint, officials said Thursday. Robinson, 27, and Jaquan Bray, 26, were charged in a federal complaint with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute
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EL PASO, Texas — A random act of violence against a 5-year-old inside a northeast El Paso McDonald’s is affecting parents who would normally take their children to the play area inside the restaurant. Parents visiting that McDonald’s at 9461 Dyer Street say they will either take extreme precautions while their child is playing, or
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — A 25-year-old man is jailed on $500,000 bond, authorities said Wednesday, accused of randomly stabbing a child multiple times the day before while she was in the play area at a McDonald’s restaurant in northeast El Paso. Isaac Dorfman was being held in the downtown El Paso County jail on a
Continue Reading HORIZON CITY, Texas — A Horizon man was arrested Wednesday by El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies and charged with first-degree murder in the January death of his girlfriend. Travis James Edmisten, 36, was being held on $500,000 bond in the El Paso County jail downtown. His arrest stemmed from the death of 37-year-old Erin Teresa
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SANTA TERESA, New Mexico — Santa Teresa High School went on lockdown toward the end of the school day on Wednesday due to an active shooter concern that turned out to be a false threat, police and school officials said. New Mexico State Police said a student made a verbal threat about 3 p.m., a
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EL PASO, Texas — NFL offensive tackle Greg Robinson was being held Wednesday in the El Paso County jail on a pending drug distribution charge from a federal agency, records showed. Robinson, 27, was booked into the jail on Tuesday, according to jail records. Robinson faces a charge of possessing marijuana with intention to sell
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