EL PASO, Texas — Emergency dispatchers said one person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after being stabbed in east El Paso on Friday morning. The stabbing happened around 6:20 a.m. at the Circle K gas station and store on Montana and Geronimo, just north of Bassett Place. At the scene, a white
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — What was initially believed to be an oxygen tank explosion at a Las Cruces home turned out to be a deadly shooting, police said Thursday afternoon. A 45-year-old woman was struck and killed by multiple rounds of gunfire aimed at a house in the 1300 block of Myrtle around 8:45
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Instead of graduating from Boston College on May 20, and sharing a glorious day with his family and friends, 22-year-old Alexander Urtula took his own life. He did so just hours before his graduation ceremony by leaping off a parking garage. His girlfriend of 18 months, Inyoung You, now stands charged with his homicide. Why?
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ANTHONY, New Mexico — A 13-year-old girl was assaulted by a group of girls and left to die near a playground Saturday, the girl’s mother says. “The people that were there, how can you leave my little girl alone to die? You guys are animals to leave a little girl to die,” Esmeralda Torrez told
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Authorities in Las Cruces continued the search Wednesday for two brothers believed to have been taken from daycare by their convicted sex offender father, who may have hid the boys in Juarez. After issuing a public plea for help Tuesday evening in locating the boys, a day later police said
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EL PASO, Texas — An 18-year-old man was arrested Tuesday night for allegedly shooting and seriously wounding two men during a bar fight earlier this month in the Lower Valley. Daniel Frausto was arrested by El Paso police and federal marshals at a home in the 5700 of Ybarra. He was jailed on a $750,000
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EL PASO, Texas — The eighth person to be convicted in the brutal dismemberment death of a missing man was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Tuesday. Adrian Herrera’s sentencing came one day after a jury found him guilty of engaging in organized criminal activity and tampering with a corpse and other evidence. The
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EL PASO, Texas — The reopening of El Paso’s Cielo Vista Walmart store, where 22 people were killed on Aug. 3, will now take place Nov. 14 at 9 a.m. The retail giant made the announcement Tuesday, one day after ABC-7 reported that the original target date of Nov. 6 had been delayed. As part of
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EL PASO, Texas — The family of an 86-year-old woman who was among 22 people gunned down at El Paso’s Cielo Vista Walmart on Aug. 3 has filed a lawsuit against the alleged gunman and the owners of an internet message board where he appeared to have posted a shooting manifesto. Lawyers representing Angie Englisbee,
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EL PASO, Texas — A resolution to censure and condemn a city representative accused of hitting his wife is being held up for a couple of months while council members await guidance from city staff on the censure process. But council did vote Tuesday to remove Sam Morgan from his additional role as Alternate Mayor
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Police on Monday identified a 58-year-old man who was struck and killed by two separate hit-and-run drivers while crossing the street near a Family Dollar store. Authorities said Jose Alberto Carillo of Las Cruces died at Mountainview Regional Medical Center shortly after being struck Friday night in the 1400 block
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces police officer was arrested over the weekend on drunk driving charges, according to court records reviewed by ABC-7 on Monday. Officer Stephanie Carbajal’s arrest came about 11:30 p.m. Friday when witnesses said they spotted her asleep behind the wheel of her pickup truck, which was stopped at
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EL PASO, Texas — For the 13th year in a row, the El Paso District Attorney’s office is holding its Crime Victims Walk. Each year, hundreds of people walk to remember those people who were victims of violent crime or honor those affected by violent crime. This year’s walk will be held on Sunday, November
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UPDATE: LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Delbert Hardin, the 13-year-old Las Cruces boy reported missing Saturday night, has returned home and is said to be in good condition. The Las Cruces Police Department offered its thanks those who helped share information on the missing boy. ORIGINAL REPORT: Police sought the public’s help locating a 13-year-old Las Cruces
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EL PASO, Texas — Two Borderland schools encountered social media threats in recent days, according to officials in El Paso and Las Cruces. The El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies said Saturday they investigated a possible “terroristic threat” at Garcia Enriquez Middle School that was posted to social media on Thursday. Deputies referred a 13-year-old girl
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EL PASO, Texas — Traffic was snarled for the Friday afternoon commute when a crash involving an El Paso County Sheriff’s Office van used to transport prisoners forced authorities to shut down Loop 375 northbound at Montwood. All motorists were being diverted off the highway at Montwood due to the wreck. As of 3:45 p.m.,
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EL PASO, Texas — A man was arrested after he allegedly tried to sell a stolen ATV and landscaping equipment to the person he stole it from, El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies said Thursday. Deputies said 33-year-old Justin Troy Anderson was booked into the El Paso County jail on Tuesday on theft charges. He was
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VAN HORN, Texas — A driver who ran the Border Patrol checkpoint in Sierra Blanca led authorities on a chase Wednesday night through two counties that ended in a crash along Interstate 10 near Van Horn. Hudspeth County Sheriff Arvin West described the pursuit to ABC-7 as “one hell of a chase.” The man authorities
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HOUSTON, Texas — The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced a statewide search Wednesday for a fugitive bank robber who agents have dubbed the “Rainy Day Bandit.” Although the bank robber strikes during major storms in the Houston area, the FBI believes he may actually live in a different part of Texas and travels to the
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SOCORRO, Texas — Socorro police said Wednesday they had made an arrest following the wounding of two people in a shooting Tuesday afternoon that happened in the area of Apodaca and Socorro Road. “Socorro Police have the shooter in custody and there is no danger of a threat to the community,” the police department said in
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso Police Department squad car crashed late Tuesday afternoon into a central city church. The police squad car ran into the La Paz Faith church in central El Paso. Authorities said there were no injures and closed off the 1200 block of N. Piedras Street to traffic as they investigated. Police officials
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EL PASO, Texas — The Better Business Bureau Paso del Norte chapter is working with law enforcement and community partners to dedicate the week of Oct. 21-26, 2019, to BBBWare Week. It’s a week with the goal to bring attention to a number of important consumer protection issues and offer information on how consumers, including
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces woman told ABC-7 her teenage son got the scare of his young life this past month. “It’s scary beyond words,” said Yvette Schultz. “I can’t tell you.” She said her 16-year-old son walked into a Las Cruces trailer park on Moon River Loop off of Motel Boulevard
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EL PASO, Texas — A barricaded teenage murder suspect was arrested about an hour into a SWAT standoff over the weekend that followed a house party shooting in which a decorated Fort Bliss soldier was killed and four other people were wounded. The suspect, identified in jail records as 17-year-old Joseph Anthony Rocha-Chaparro, emerged from
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EL PASO, Texas — A barricaded teenage murder suspect was arrested about an hour into a SWAT standoff over the weekend that followed a house party shooting in which a decorated Fort Bliss soldier was killed and four other people were wounded. The suspect, identified in jail records as 17-year-old Joseph Anthony Rocha-Chaparro, emerged from a home in
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EL PASO, Texas – An off-duty El Paso police officer used a stun gun on a theft suspect “with a weapon” at a Walmart store on Sunday afternoon and then arrested him, authorities said. The incident happened around 1:20 p.m. at the Walmart at 10727 Gateway West Boulevard on the city’s east side. Police said the man
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – A 3-year-old boy was caught in the crossfire and seriously wounded when two armed men opened fire at a funeral in Juarez, Mexican media outlets reported Saturday. The violence occurred Friday night in the Industrial Colony neighborhood at a wake attended by approximately 30 people. Police arrested two men they said were responsible for
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EL PASO, Texas – As police work to investigate nine cases (eight deadly) of pedestrians struck by motorists over roughly the past month, the El Paso County District Attorney told ABC-7 that it’s often difficult to charge vehicle drivers with a crime. “The difficult part about these types of cases is you have a traffic accident,
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A 3-year-old boy was caught in the crossfire and seriously wounded when two armed men opened fire at a funeral in Juarez, Mexican media outlets reported Saturday. The violence occurred Friday night in the Industrial Colony neighborhood at a wake attended by approximately 30 people. Police arrested two men they said were responsible for the
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As police work to investigate nine cases (eight deadly) of pedestrians struck by motorists over roughly the past month, the El Paso County District Attorney told ABC-7 that it’s often difficult to charge vehicle drivers with a crime. “The difficult part about these types of cases is you have a traffic accident, but many of
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