The recent mass shooting in the Odessa-Midland area is shining new light on an old problem: In some states, a person barred from owning a gun under the law can still buy one in a private sale, without a background check. The west Texas shooter, Seth Ator, 36, failed a background check when he tried
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Police were investigating what they called a “suspicious death” following the discovery of a body Monday afternoon on the northeast side of the summit along Transmountain Road in El Paso. The body was found on federal property around 1:30 p.m., authorities said. El Paso police were taking the lead on the investigation which also involved
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According to federal authorities, a former Doña Ana County detention officer is accused of engaging in drug smuggling with six inmates. Joe Anthony Garcia, 46, worked in the detention center for 17 years, according to the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office. When the county learned of the alleged smuggling in January, officials then notified federal
Continue Reading The man accused of shooting a stray cat in the face has been arrested. According to court documents obtained by KOAT , Sean Stanford is facing charges of extreme cruelty to animals and negligent use of a deadly weapon. Stanford owns Solid Tech Performance, an auto body shop, in Albuquerque. The black-and-white cat was taken
Continue Reading A man was in custody in connection with an Amber Alert issued for a 5-year-old northern New Mexico girl, authorities said Monday afternoon. Renezme Calzada was last seen playing in her front yard in Espanola on Sunday morning. But investigators said the girl’s disappearance went unreported for nearly ten hours. Her mother called 911 to
Continue Reading (Editor’s note: A ‘possible suspect’ has now been arrested, but the girl remains missing. Click here for those details.) An Amber Alert has been issued for a 5-year-old girl from northern New Mexico. According to New Mexico State Police, Renezme Calzada was last seen Sunday in Rio Arriba County. Renezme is four feet tall and
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When completed, the new $48 million new Fruitport High School will include renovations to the existing building and major new sections which include subtle safe spaces that can be used to protect students in the event of a shooting, and long curved hallways that would offer protection too. “To cut down on the sight lines
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Two men were killed and dismembered with their mutilated remains being found scattered in two separate sections of the city over the weekend, according to reports from El Mexicano and El Diario. The body discoveries contributed to a weekend that saw an escalation of violence in Juarez, with at least a half-dozen murders occurring during
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A man was sentenced to 45 years in prison on Friday for the ax killing of a woman whose head was nearly severed, as well as shooting and wounding a southern New Mexico sheriff’s deputy. Andrew Poteet Magill, 25, pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the April 2017 death of Mary Ann Moorhouse at
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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is ready to work on restricting gun sales in his state between strangers without a background check in the wake of last weekend’s second mass shooting in Texas — even if it means opposing the National Rifle Association. “That gap of stranger to stranger we have to close, in my
Continue Reading As hundreds of high school band students hit the field for Friday Night football, police say Montwood High’s program is missing tens of thousands of dollars. “It’s not the children’s fault,” said Veronica Palacios, the vice president of the Montwood High School Ram Band Booster Club. According to the El Paso Police Department, Stacey Telles
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Prosecutors have concluded that police were justified in fatally shooting a man who fired on authorities in June in Las Cruces, injuring three law enforcement officers. The Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office made the announcement on Friday, saying it “has concluded that the shooting was justified under New Mexico Law and will not be taking
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A woman in her 20’s was shot in the back and wounded in her own home in Las Cruces overnight, police said. It happened in the 1400 block of Branding Iron Circle, near Main Street and South Valley Drive. Officers responded to a call of shots fire at the home around 1 a.m. and found
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The jury selection process is beginning in the trial of a white former Dallas police officer charged with killing an unarmed black man in his own apartment. Amber Guyger faces a murder charge in the slaying of Botham Jean. Guyger told authorities she mistakenly entered Jean’s apartment thinking it was her own and fatally shot
Continue Reading An attorney for the former Montwood High School band treasurer accused of stealing $50,000 in band funds isn’t disputing the allegations against her client following her arrest. El Paso police on Thursday said 40-year-old Stacy Telles turned herself into the Central Regional Command Center a day earlier after an arrest warrant was issued for embezzlement.
Continue Reading Federal law enforcement officials say ATF agents have executed a search warrant at the Lubbock home of a man they believe was involved in the “transfer” of an AR-style rifle to the gunman who killed seven people in a Labor Day weekend mass shooting. The officials familiar with the investigation spoke on condition of anonymity
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A Texas death row inmate was executed Wednesday evening for fatally stabbing an 89-year-old woman and her daughter more than 16 years ago in their Fort Worth home. Billy Jack Crutsinger, 64, received a lethal injection for the 2003 killings of Pearl Magouirk and her 71-year-old daughter Patricia Syren. Authorities say Crutsinger killed the women
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One person is in the hospital after being stabbed in Northeast El Paso early Friday morning. A spokesperson for the police department says it happened on the 4500 block of Hercules Avenue just after midnight. Police are investigating, but no suspects are in custody at this time. KVIA 2019
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El Paso Chief of Police Greg Allen spoke to members of the El Paso Central Business Association about his department, his officers and the mass shooting that left 22 dead and more than two dozen injured on August 3. Allen said shooters look for “soft targets,” those areas where people are not expected to or
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The former leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, has been convicted and faces life in prison. ‘El Chapo’ is arguably the world’s most famous drug lord. He, alond with 23 other members of the Sinaloa Cartel were indicted in El Paso in 2012. “The United States Marshal Service and other law
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Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man accused of striking a Horizon City Police officer with his car following a high-speed chase Sunday night. Sergio Gonzalez, 25, is charged with Aggravated Assault against a Public Servant. At approximately 11:30 pm on Sunday, February 17, 2019, officers with the Horizon City Police Department attempted to stop Gonzalez, allegedly
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A man was killed after a shooting outside an Upper Valley bar Sunday night, according to the El Paso Police Department. Police identified the man shot and killed as 37-year-old Ruben Narciso Ramirez. The alleged gunman was identified as 29-year-old Josue Rojas Jr. The shooting happened in the parking lot of Flip’s Neighborhood Bar at
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