AUSTIN, Texas — A driver has been arrested after police said he fatally struck a pedestrian in Austin, kept driving for about half a mile with the “mangled corpse” in the car and then went to a beer garden. Paul Joseph Garcia Jr., 24, remained in jail on charges of intoxication manslaughter and accident involving
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EL PASO, Texas — A five-year-old El Paso girl was stabbed by a man and seriously wounded on Tuesday afternoon at a northeast El Paso fast food restaurant, police and fire officials said. The suspected attacker, a 25-year-old man, was arrested about an hour and a half later after police said they had found him
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DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico – The head chef of ‘Forghedaboudit Southwest Italian Cuisine’ was arrested over the weekend on domestic violence charges, according to jail booking records. The Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office arrested Bob Yacone in the 6500 block of Vista De Oro in Picacho Hills, west of Las Cruces, on Saturday and
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EL PASO, Texas — Three men have been arrested by El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies for allegedly running a drug trafficking operation, authorities announced Monday. The trio were taken into custody after deputies said they were caught delivering two pounds of crystal methamphetamine last week in 200 block of S. Americas Avenue. Booked into El
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EL PASO, Texas — A police affidavit obtained by ABC-7 on Friday offered new details as to what happened early Thursday when a couple was found stabbed at a west El Paso home in the 7500 block of Medano near Franklin High School. Police said the couple’s 35-year-old son, Benjamin Duncan, stabbed both his parents
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UPDATE: Socorro police said Friday that charges were dropped against shooting suspect Oscar Jimenez and he was released from jail after new evidence surfaced just a day after authorities had announced his arrest. Here’s the entire statement issued by police: On February 14th, The Socorro Police Department received new information on the shooting that occurred
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EL PASO, Texas — A SWAT standoff Friday afternoon with a wanted man barricaded in a home in northeast El Paso ended peacefully when he finally surrendered to police. Noel Thomas Taylor, 48, was taken into custody about 2:50 p.m. Police said the standoff erupted around 12:30 p.m., about two hours after officers and federal
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MONTE ALTO, Texas — A Texas man accused of hanging a small puppy by the neck from a tree and posting a video on Facebook told deputies that he was acting “out of boredom,” a sheriff said. Claudio Gomez, 21, of Monte Alto, Texas, was being held Friday in the Hidalgo County Jail, charged with
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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 protest a state gun control bill that’s about to become law. Claire Chase unveiled the online ad where she challenges “Santa Fe liberals” to come and take her firearm. She
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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, virtually ensuring adoption of new procedures for courts to order the surrender of firearms from people who appear to pose a danger to themselves or others. The House approved the bill on
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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 in his west El Paso home and then called police to report that he had committed the crime. Benjamin Duncan was being held in the El Paso County Detention Facility on
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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 baby boy during the Aug. 3 El Paso Walmart mass shooting, was set to meet with the baby’s family on Friday. The trip is now being postponed,
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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 cache of gun ammunition at the El Paso ports of entry. The meth seizure happened at the Ysleta port cargo facility, where 32 bottles of it in liquid form –
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EL PASO, Texas — Police cordoned off a portion of the parking lot at University Medical Center in front of the emergency room entrance Wednesday night after a gunshot victim arrived at the hospital by car. A police spokesman told ABC-7 the area was being treated as a crime scene and the black car that
Continue Reading 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 Walmart calls the accused gunman a “coward who deserves to get the death penalty,” in an interview with ABC-7 on Wednesday night. Lazaro Ponce, recently identified by the FBI as the
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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, but school district officials aren’t saying much. A viewer, who requested anonymity, told ABC-7 the photo was taken by a student at Nolan Richardson Middle School
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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 suspected human smuggler, but some allege it’s just the latest example of the agency’s use of excessive force when it comes to stun guns. The incident took
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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 appearance Wednesday in U.S. District Court on federal hate crimes charges, wearing restraints after a judge ruled he posed a security risk because he is charged with
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(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 PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso firefighter who had responded to an accident scene was struck by a vehicle on Transmountain at Paseo Del Norte Wednesday morning in
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Colorado man was sentenced to 37 years and five months in prison Wednesday for a carjacking resulting in the death of a retired police officer and other offenses stemming from a 2017 crime spree in southern New Mexico. 35-year-old Daniel Allen Lowell of Pueblo, who pleaded guilty last July, had faced
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — An arrest was made Wednesday afternoon ending a standoff involving a wanted fugitive who had barricaded himself in a home north of Las Cruces following a police chase, authorities said. Leo Leroy Robledo, 36, was facing a list of charges that included three felonies and seven misdemeanors. According to police,
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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 assigned two new attorneys to defend him in federal court. David A. Lane from Killmer, Lane & Newman, LLP out of Denver, Colorado and Rebecca L.
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BYLAS, Arizona — An El Paso police narcotics detective and retired sergeant major in the Texas Army National Guard was killed in a weekend traffic crash in eastern Arizona that authorities blamed on a drunk driver. 51-year-old Richard Allbee died when his pickup truck was struck head-on by another pickup that crossed the center line on
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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 local bowling alley. On Monday evening, members of the community came together to mourn the lives cut short in the parking lot of that bowling alley at
Continue Reading 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 children, ages 13, 6 and 2. All of the victims were shot at point-blank range. Thirty years have passed and the killers have yet to be
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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 been charged with vehicular homicide, authorities said Monday. Adolfo Angel Gurrola-Romero, 22, was being held without bond in the Dona Ana County Detention Center. In addition to
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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 Forrest City in eastern Arkansas, authorities said. Forrest City Police Chief Deon Lee said one of the officers was taken to a hospital about 45 miles (70 kilometers) to
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HOUSTON, Texas — Authorities say a security guard at a sports bar fatally shot one man early Sunday and wounded another on the northern outskirts of Houston. The incident was caught on security video, which you can watch in the video player above. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said three guards were trying to remove
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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. An Amber Alert was issued Monday morning, but the boys were later found alive after a tactical team entered an apartment in Dallas around 9:30 a.m., according to ABC affiliate
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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 man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Police have not said how the man got his injuries, but they did block off the area
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