LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A crowd of hundreds packed the Doña Ana County Commission meeting Tuesday, with more gathered outside to voice opposition against a proposed state red-flag gun law. Commissioners limited public comment to just ten opponents (only six spoke in favor) before voting 3-2 to oppose New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s
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ODESSA, Texas — Authorities across west Texas were on the lookout Tuesday evening for Odessa murder suspects who were “considered armed and dangerous.” Law enforcement across the region from Odessa-Midland to the El Paso area were told to be on the lookout for the suspects who are sought in connection with the shootings of two
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — The Albuquerque Journal reported that a female University of New Mexico athlete is recovering after being shot in the leg at a party in Albuquerque over the weekend. The newspaper said she was with some other student athletes at a house party where another person was also shot in the ankle. The
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EL PASO, Texas — Police on Monday confirmed they have identified the mystery hero who carried an infant to safety during the Aug. 3 Walmart mass shooting. Lazaro Ponce is said to be the man caught on security camera video and photos carrying out the baby, Paul Gilbert Anchondo, whose parents had just been shot,
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso drivers are no strangers to reckless drivers, drivers who cut other drivers off or tailgate. Police tell ABC-7 drivers who witness erratic and reckless driving can call 9-1-1. But they don’t want drivers to call with generic information about a driver with just the color of the vehicle. Police
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UPDATE, Jan. 26: El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies confirmed Sunday that a 16-year-old was taken into custody and charged with the murder of 15-year-old Jesus Estrada. The arrest happened around 10 a.m. Saturday. The teenager’s identity has not been revealed and no further details were immediately available. Original report from Jan. 22: SOCORRO, Texas —
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HORIZON, Texas — Authorities found a woman dead in a Horizon home on Saturday morning, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. The Horizon Police Department conducted a welfare check at a home in the 15000 block of Ashford Street about 10:15 a.m., according to a news release. The police department then requested the
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EL PASO, Texas — A woman was injured and two men were arrested following a chase by Texas Dept. of Public Safety troopers that ended in a crash in northeast El Paso. Authorities said the troopers were chasing a stolen car when it collided with another vehicle at Harlan Drive and Dyer Street about 9
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police and Fort Bliss military police shut down roads near William Beaumont Army Medical Center for several hours Friday after a possible explosive device was discovered. A passer-by reported finding what looked like a pipe bomb about 11:45 a.m. Two nearby buildings were evacuated as a precaution, but the
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CENTER MORICHES, N.Y. — A New York Police Department officer and his fiancee left the officer’s 8-year-old son in a garage overnight in freezing temperatures and then did nothing to help him as he died of hypothermia, prosecutors said Friday. “They evinced no regard for this child’s human life,” Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A former New Mexico State University student is facing charges for allegedly shooting another student during what is being described as a fraternity hazing incident. A police report obtained by ABC-7 on Thursday said the incident happened in Cloudcroft in November of last year. That’s where Kappa Sigma fraternity members told
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EL PASO, Texas — One of the victims of the Aug. 3 shooting at the Cielo Vista Walmart was honored and remembered at her alma mater during a memorial ceremony on Thursday. Maribel Hernandez Loya, Austin High School class of 1980, and her husband were among the 22 people who were killed during one the
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*Copyright KOSA CBS7, reprinted with permission* MIDLAND, Texas — Midland Police shot both a three-year-old girl and a teenage boy during a house search Wednesday night, according to the children’s father. A Midland City spokeswoman would only confirm that there was an officer-involved shooting and that the Texas Rangers were investigating it. The shooting happened
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TOMBALL, Texas — A Texas teacher who authorities say brought a handgun to school and made threatening comments about colleagues has been arrested. Mark Davis, a history and geography teacher at Concordia Lutheran High School in Tomball, located northwest of Houston, was arrested Wednesday. Tomball police say he’s charged with possessing a weapon in a
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ROSWELL, New Mexico — More than two weeks after the body of a 27-year-old Roswell woman was found strangled to death inside her home, the FBI has offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of her boyfriend. Jorge Rico-Ruvira allegedly fled the state on Jan. 7 with his 3-year-old son Osciel Ernesto Rico,
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — Has the mystery man that El Paso police called a hero after the Aug. 3 Walmart mass shooting been found? A man has come forward to the El Paso Times claiming to be the same man who was caught on security camera video carrying out a baby, whose parents had just
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A 15-year-old El Paso native was shot and killed by a friend at a San Antonio apartment and police were trying to determine what led up to the shooting. The deadly shooting late last week on San Antonio’s northwest side claimed the life of Danny Hernandez, whom family said had moved
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A 13-year-old Las Cruces boy was arrested Wednesday and charged after a threat was relayed by phone to “shoot up the school” he attends as a seventh grader, according to authorities. Police said the boy, whose identity was not being released because of his age, was taken into custody about
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EL PASO, Texas — A Las Cruces man has been arrested on accusations that he repeatedly violated a protective order by stalking his own mother, police said Wednesday. Ruben A. Rincon, 27, was being held in the Dona Ana County Detention Center without bond on a felony charge of aggravated stalking. Investigators said Rincon’s mother
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — A suspicious device was found Wednesday at an Albuquerque Walmart, prompting a shelter-in-place. It was reported around 8:30 a.m. at the Walmart location near the Cottonwood Mall near Coors and Ellison, according to Albuquerque ABC affiliate KOAT. Police said they found a vehicle with a suspicious device. It was not clear
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EL PASO, Texas — During the three first weeks of January, El Paso has seen four traffic crashes causing six deaths, according to police, who blamed speeding as a key contributing cause of those fatal collisions. El Paso police sent out a tweet that said in part, “speeding to save just a few minutes could
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso city Rep. Sam Morgan pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a domestic violence charge as City Council again debated whether or not to censure him. Morgan appeared briefly at a court arraignment and entered a written plea of not guilty. A short time later he was at Tuesday’s council meeting
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EL PASO, Texas– It’s the first of it’s kind in the state of Texas and it’s here in El Paso. Since the Aug. 3 Walmart shooting in El Paso, Emergence Health Network’s Community Recovery Center has provided over 800 victims with mental health assistance free of charge all thanks to the Criminal Incident Response Team
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EL PASO, Texas — Irvin High School was briefly placed on lockout Tuesday as police responded to a SWAT situation in a nearby neighborhood. Police were called out to a home near the intersection of Fairfax and Downs in northeast El Paso around 9 a.m. A police officer on scene told ABC-7 they received reports
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso man who authorities said “exhibited threatening and psychotic behavior yelling nonsensical statements… (and) making obscene hand gestures and verbal threats” was taken into custody following a police chase and standoff on Monday afternoon. Michael Donald Bingham, 28, was facing charges of reckless driving, evading arrest and assaulting a
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Ahead of the 30th anniversary of the deadliest massacre in the history of the city of Las Cruces, a new fundraiser hopes to honor the victims and potentially gather new information leading to the arrest of those responsible. “It was just absolutely devastating for everyone,” said Vanessa Martinez. “It’s just
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Shooting kills 2 officers before Hawaii homes catch fire HONOLULU, Hawaii — A Hawaii man with a history of run-ins with police and neighbors was facing eviction when he stabbed his landlord and killed two officers before the house he and two women were believed to be in burned, authorities and neighbors said Sunday. Police
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AUSTIN, Texas — A statewide Amber Alert was issued Saturday by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) for a missing Austin girl who is believed to have been abducted. Police are seeking the public’s help in finding 12-year-old Avery Reynolds. According to ABC affiliate KVUE, Avery was last seen leaving her middle school earlier this week.
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SANTA FE, New Mexico – The former El Paso magistrate judge who was arrested in late September and charged with driving while intoxicated, in a case that’s since been dismissed, is now planning to sue the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office and the Santa Fe County District Attorney’s Office, his attorney told ABC-7. “He lost
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A former Texas nurse suspected of murdering dozens of young children decades ago was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after pleading guilty in San Antonio court to killing an 11-month-old boy in 1981. The plea deal helped Genene Jones avoid a trial beginning next month for the murder of the
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