EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police Department officials say that officers found a man dead at 4th and Oregon at 8:35 this morning during a welfare check. 4th and Oregon is near the Sacred Heart Church in South El Paso. Crimes Against Persons detectives are now looking into the man’s death. The only
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Sheriff deputies arrested multiple people in connection to several thefts at the Ulta Beauty on the 13300 block of Gateway West. Adan Gutierrez A spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office said that deputies secured a criminal warrant for Adan Gutierrez, 42. Gutierrez is accused of stealing $500 worth
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Update (April 1, 2025): El Paso Police just identified the pedestrian who was hit and killed as Juarez resident Juan Parga Martinez, 67. Special Traffic Investigators say the car was going south on Santa Fe and trying to make a left turn onto Paisano. The car had a green light, police say. Martinez was walking
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Update (3:30 PM): Fire officials say the blaze is now knocked down. The homeowner is being evaluated by medical crews at the scene currently. Additional crews were called out due to fears that the wind could blow the fire to neighboring structures. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — There is a fire on the 8700 block
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Sheriff deputies arrested Alex Montoya, 30. Montoya was wanted on theft of property, abandoning or endangering a child, evading arrest or detention with a vehicle, forgery, and tampering with government records. Officials say deputies arrested Montoya in Far East El Paso on March 29, 2025. They announced his
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Former CBP Officer Omar Moreno, 46, received a 51-month prison sentence and 80 hours of community service for one count of bribery of a public official and one count of bringing in certain migrants for financial gain. Court documents state that investigators started looking into Moreno’s actions in December 2022.
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Update: Court documents newly obtained by ABC-7 claim that Kenneth Seind Gaucin also killed his mother’s dog on the same day he allegedly killed Juan Francisco Grajeda. That happened on Mother’s Day 2022. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police just made an arrest in a 2022 murder case. Officers arrested Kenneth Seind Gaucin,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Sheriff deputies found a man with multiple injuries near Los Mochis Avenue and Doniphan Drive at 6:43 AM today. The deputies were called out on a welfare check and found the man, who they then rushed to UMC. Major Crimes Unit investigators are now looking into how the
Continue Reading Update: The road is now back open. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Gas crews are responding to a gas leak at Executive and North Mesa. That is according to an El Paso Fire Department spokesperson. The spokesperson said that construction crews hit a line. The road is now closed. An ABC-7 crew smelled the
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UPDATE: A total of 8 people were impacted by the apartment fire according to fire officials. One apartment was fully affected and 2 others had little damage. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An early morning apartment fire in Northeast El Paso has left some residents displaced Friday. No injuries have been reported, but the Red
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso Police officer was terminated today. ABC-7 reported when Joshua Anthony Gallardo was charged with domestic abuse in 2023. Current jail records show that officers arrested and booked Gallardo into the Downtown Jail on February 27, 2025 for family assault, terroristic threat, and assault (impeding breath). Jail records
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Update (March 27, 2025): Court documents newly obtained by ABC-7 reveal that the party happened at an Airbnb. They state that both Eric Mathis and Edward Smith got off shots during a confrontation between the pair in the street in front of the Airbnb. A witness told police that they saw Mathis’ six-year-old stepson with
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Sheriff deputies with the Fugitive Apprehension Unit arrested Armando Rodriguez, 24. Officials with the Sheriff’s Office say that Rodriguez had been wanted for aggravated sexual assault of a child, online solicitation of a minor under 14, and unlawful restraint. Deputies arrested Rodriguez on March 25, 2025. Officials
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Sheriff deputies arrested wanted fugitive Armando Alvarado, 44, on multiple outstanding warrants. Those warrants are listed in full below: Three counts of Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Duty (3rd Degree Felony) One count of Assault – Family Violence Impeding Breath/Circulation (2nd DegreeFelony) One count of False Report
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police are on the scene of a collision involving a pedestrian and a train. Officers are responding to Doniphan and East Borderland. The call reporting the collision first came in at around 1 PM. ABC-7 has a crew going to the scene right now.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Matthew James Kozik, defense attorney for Phoebe Copas, tells ABC-7 that he has been told that Copas died. Copas is accused of shooting 52-year-old Daniel Piedra Garcia during an Uber ride on June 6, 2023. The Kentucky native claims the shooting happened in self-defense. Copas had a hearing scheduled today
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Victor Ubaldo Hernandez-Ortega, 33, received a 97-month prison sentence for “conspiracy to transport aliens.” That is according to federal prosecutors involved in the case. Officials say Hernandez-Ortega, who is from Durango, Mexico, worked as a load driver for a known human smuggler. They explain that Hernandez-Ortega would pick up migrants
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Update (March 25, 2025): The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office says a car was traveling north on Paseo Grande Street and stopped at the intersection with Vista Del Sol Drive. As the car turned west onto Vista Del Sol Drive, the car “collided with a motorcycle that was traveling eastbound,” a Sheriff’s Office spokesperson explained.
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Update (March 24, 2025): El Paso Police just identified the driver who died as Christopher Adrian Martinez, 31. Investigators say Martinez lost control, spun off the highway, and hit a fence pole. Martinez’s car flipped on its side and Martinez was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say that Martinez was not wearing a seatbelt.
Continue Reading Update (March 24, 2025): El Paso Police identified the pedestrian as Jesus Fernando Perez, 52. Police say Perez was crossing at North Loop at La Promesa to get to a bus stop when an unknown car hit him and drove off. Police are asking for anyone with information to reach out to police at 915-832-4400
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Update (March 24, 2025): El Paso Police say the person who died was a 19-year-old man. They are still working to identify him. Update: A spokesperson with the El Paso Fire Department confirmed one person died as a result of the crash. EPFD said they received a call at 1:32 a.m. Saturday. The spokesperson said
Continue Reading Update: One person suffered minor injuries and emergency crews took him or her to the hospital. Three others were evaluated at the scene but declined to go to the hospital. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso Fire Department spokesperson said that a FedEx vehicle rolled over near George Dieter and East Glen Drive.
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UPDATE: 4:18 p.m.: A fourth arrest has been made in the shooting that left more than a dozen injured and 3 dead in Las Cruces. Sunday afternoon Las Cruces Police arrested a 15-year-old teen boy. He is facing three open counts of murder with possible additional charges. He is in the Dona Ana County Detention
Continue Reading Update: ABC-7 has obtained the arrest photo of 20-year-old Tomas Rivas. Dona Ana County records show Rivas was arrested in Las Cruces at 2:50 a.m. Sunday and booked into the Dona Ana County jail at 3:21 a.m. Police did not identify the 17-year-old who was arrested. Typically, the arrest photos of minors are not released.
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UPDATE: 25 people were in the building at the time the fire erupted, according to the Anthony Police Chief. The building is combined Flying J Travel Center and Denny’s restaurant. Officials say the fire began in the kitchen just before 6 a.m.. ANTHONY, TX (KVIA) — A large fire and smoke can be seen coming from
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Sheriff deputies apprehended Xavier Angel Rodriguez, 21, because he was wanted for three counts of multiple kidnapping offenses and seven counts of multiple sexual assault offenses, including aggravated assaults. That is according to an El Paso County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson. The Sheriff’s Apprehension Unit picked Rodriguez up Thursday
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A spokesperson with El Paso ISD confirmed to ABC-7 that a student sustained minor injuries during school drop-off this morning. The incident, which EPISD says involved a vehicle, happened at Moreno Montessori in Central El Paso. Read the district’s statement in full below: “During morning drop-off today at Moreno Montessori,
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Update: EPFD officials say that JOBE confirmed they set off the controlled explosion. They advised they will be conducting more in the near future. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Fire officials tell ABC-7 that there was a “controlled explosion” related to construction in West El Paso. Several viewers called ABC-7 to report that
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Las Cruces firefighters put out four fires in a 16-hour period, officials say. Beginning at 1:20 PM Wednesday, March 19, 2025, firefighters put out a fire in the attic space of a building on the 1700 block of North Valley Drive. They put it out in 20 minutes, officials
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 17-year-old Hector Munoz and 18-year-old Michael Ortiz are charged with illegal dumping. Sheriff deputies saw them dumping trash bags near the 14900 block of Tierra Mirage. Courtesy: EPCSO Deputies arrested and booked the pair into the El Paso County Detention Facility yesterday. They also impounded the truck used to dump
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