El Paso police on Friday afternoon announced an arrest in one of two recent stabbing attacks that occurred in busy nightlife areas. 22-year-old Ramon De la Luz was arrested about 12:30 p.m. by officers from EPPD’s Gang Unit, the U.S. Marshals Service, and SWAT. The arrest took place in the same neighborhood where the stabbing
Continue Reading An El Paso man convicted of killing three people in a drunk driving crash five years ago broke down and cried during Friday’s sentencing phase of his trial. As prosecutors told the jury “it was only a matter of time before he killed someone,” Joel Garcia was visibly shaken and cried. The prosecution pointed out
Continue Reading Federal prosecutors say 58 people across Texas have been charged with assorted health care fraud that’s been blamed for $66 million in losses and unlawful distribution of opioids. The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday announced that the individual cases include 20 people charged with diverting opioids. Prosecutors say the investigation also involves alleged Medicare and
Continue Reading A case of road rage between two drivers ended in gunshots being fired with a bullet hitting a house, according to El Paso police. The road rage incident began unfolding Tuesday in the 12200 block of Montana between 46-year-old Gabriel Correa, who was driving a Nissan Maxima, and 28-year-old Xavier Burnette, who was driving a
Continue Reading Police are looking for an El Paso woman who went missing August 24th. Rosa Isela Ramirez is 64 years old, with brown eyes and brown hair, and 5’4” tall. She went missing from her eastside home in late August and has not been heard from since. Her son reported her missing from her apartment at
Continue Reading A U.S. Border Patrol agent was seriously injured when he was struck by a semi-truck late Tuesday night near the Sierra Blanca border checkpoint and was rushed to University Medical Center in El Paso for treatment. The Hudspeth County Sheriff’s Office initially confirmed the injury to ABC-7, and Customs and Border Protection officials offered additional
Continue Reading A 28-year-old motorist was arrested after leading state troopers on a high-speed chase through northeast El Paso on Tuesday night, a Texas Department of Public Safety official told ABC-7. Christoper Charles Burkholder was facing a charge of evading arrest after being taken into custody at Prince Edward Avenue and Rushing Road, where the nine-minute chase
Continue Reading The second day of the long awaited Joel Garcia trial included testimony from a medical examiner which showed that Joshua Deal’s body contained no drugs or alcohol at the time of the car crash that killed him, his brother Isaiah and Shannon Del Rio. The jury also heard testimony from several cocktail waitresses, who said
Continue Reading The U.S. Secret Service issued a warning Tuesday to businesses and residents throughout the Borderland about a significant rise in counterfeit money circulating in the region. “Currently the El Paso regional area is being hit hard,” read a statement jointly issued by the Secret Service and local authorities. No reason was given for the spike
Continue Reading Trial began Monday for a former El Paso boxer accused of killing three people while driving drunk and speeding on Christmas Eve in 2014. Joel Garcia is facing three counts of intoxication manslaughter. He allegedly told police he drank at least five beers and two shots prior to a deadly collision that night when he
Continue Reading President Donald Trump cast doubt Monday that he could come to an agreement with Democrats on gun control as lawmakers await his proposals to combat deadly shootings. It was a downbeat signal from Trump on finding common ground with political rivals on the issue, which gained momentum after an August book-ended by gruesome shooting sprees.
Continue Reading A new state law in Texas aims to help prevent the sending of unwanted naked or sexually explicit images or videos electronically. The law says that a person has broken the law if they knowingly send electronic messages that show any visual of the sender engaging in sexual conduct or with exposed “intimate parts.” The
Continue Reading One person was shot and killed, while two others were shot and wounded by a group of armed thieves at a busy north Juarez shopping mall, Mexican media outlets reported Sunday. The deadly robbery took place Saturday night at the entrance to the Futurama Rio Grande Mall, according to El Mexicano. The newspaper said the
Continue Reading Police in Texas say two people were injured when gunfire erupted at a youth football game. Authorities say a woman was struck in the leg and a girl was grazed in the back when shots rang out during the game among elementary school-aged children Saturday afternoon in Fort Worth. Both were transported to an area
Continue Reading The tragic shooting at the Cielo Vista Walmart may have been six weeks ago, but one family from Mexico remembers it like it was yesterday. “We are very sad,” said Oliva Rodriguez in Spanish. “Because our lives changed forever.” She told ABC-7 that she and her husband, Mario de Alba, were shot on that Saturday.
Continue Reading El Paso police said a man was stabbed and seriously wounded early Saturday morning on the city’s northeast side. It happened around 12:30 a.m. in the 5700 block of Waycross. Officers said a man in his 30’s was taken to the hospital in serious condition. There was no immediate word from police of any arrests
Continue Reading A Houston police officer was hospitalized in stable condition after he was shot with his own gun in a struggle with a suspect who along with three others stole two vehicles and attempted to kill a priest, who begged on his knees to be spared, in a crime spree that played out as Democratic presidential
Continue Reading Members of the One Fund El Paso Task Force provided an update at a news conference Friday on draft protocols for delivering donated funds to victims, survivors and immediate family members of the Aug. 3 mass shooting. The chair of the task force, former El Paso County Judge Ruben Vogt, said they’ve been working with
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An El Paso County grand jury Thursday indicted the alleged Walmart mass shooter on a charge of capital murder. Patrick Crusius, 21, would face either the death penalty or life in prison without parole if convicted of the Aug. 3 massacre that left 22 people dead. But District Attorney Jaime Esparza reiterated Thursday that he
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El Paso police said Friday that the victim of a “suspicious death” whose body was found along Transmountain Road was in the U.S. illegally, and they were still trying to find the man’s relatives. The body of Arnulfo Apodaca Gonzalez, who is believed to be in his late 50s or early 60s, was discovered Monday
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Albuquerque police say six people were killed in separate shootings in the city. There have been no arrests in Thursday night’s shootings, which also left five people wounded. Officers responded shortly after 9 p.m. to a call of shots fired at 1028 Lura Place. Three people were found dead, a fourth died at the hospital
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In a signed a letter, 145 business leaders are demanding that the U.S. government take action on gun violence. Their plea, which follows the recent rash of mass shootings, is among Corporate America’s strongest statements yet against America’s gun violence epidemic. Calls for gun control have grown louder since two mass shootings in August took
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A shooting victim honored by President Trump for heroism during the El Paso Walmart attack is not a hero after all, police officials told ABC-7, and the man turned out to be a wanted fugitive. Chris Grant, 50, was detained by Secret Service agents at the White House earlier this week just before he was
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A trial date for Walmart shooting suspect Patrick Crusius is far from being set, but the El Paso District Attorney’s Office and the Council of Judges are estimating that the cost of that trial could run in the millions of dollars. The most expensive scenario would be if a change of venue is granted, where
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The gunman who killed seven people in West Texas over Labor Day weekend was hospitalized nearly two decades ago at a psychiatric facility, where he punched a hole in a wall and menaced security staff with a piece of pipe pried from a toilet before being arrested, according to police. Seth Ator was being treated
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Authorities say they have found the body of a 5-year-old New Mexico girl who was reported missing Sunday. FBI Special Agent James Langenberg, who heads the agency’s Albuquerque office, said during a brief news conference Wednesday in Espanola that Renezmae Calzada’s remains had been found. He did not say where. Langenberg did not take questions
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A Texas death row inmate was executed Tuesday evening for fatally shooting a 61-year-old grandmother at her north Texas home nearly a decade ago during an eight-day spate of crimes that included thefts and another killing. Mark Anthony Soliz, 37, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the June 2010 slaying
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In the event of an emergency, it is crucial that an officer’s tools function properly. “The anniversary of 9/11 reminds us that emergency cooperation is critical,” said Cullen Combs, the emergency manager for Las Cruces and Doña Ana County. “That’s the thing,” said Andy Bowen, the Deputy Chief of New Mexico State University Police. “You
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A car being chased by multiple police agencies, including U.S. Border Patrol, crashed Tuesday afternoon into a power pole, disrupting electrical service for hundreds of people in the Fabens area. The crash happened at 15571 Socorro Road at 12:53 p.m. The short chase began when a deputy with the San Elizario Marshal’s Office attempted to
Continue Reading The medical examiner on Tuesday completed the autopsy of a body discovered along Transmountain Road in El Paso and positively identified the victim, a police official told ABC-7. Sgt. Enrique Carrillo said the victim was a man, but he declined to release the man’s name or his cause of death at this time. Police had
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