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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — A motel on Picacho Avenue in Las Cruces caught fire, injuring four people. Law enforcement officials arrested one man for arson. Courtesy: LCFD The fire happened at 10 AM on Saturday at the Western Inn located at 2155 West Picacho Avenue. It took 26 firefighters to put out the

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — A laundromat on Spruce Avenue in Las Cruces suffered fire damage early this morning. Firefighters arrived at the fire on the 1000 block of Spruce Avenue at 5:20 AM to find heavy smoke inside of Spruce Laundry. The crews put out the blaze in about 25 minutes, according to

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Police are identifying the 19-year-old killed in a shooting in Central El Paso as Anthony Rodriguez. Police officials say the murder happened on Sunday, January 19, 2025 at Pershing and Gateway South. Officers were first called out on reports of a shooting. They later updated that public that they subsequently

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A group of three El Paso teens were arrested after police say one of them pointed a rifle at an officer while driving in East El Paso. Officers were looking for the source of gunfire heard in the area around Edgemere and Lee Trevino when they spotted a car driven

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – El Paso Police are at the scene of a collision between a vehicle and a train. It happened on the 12000 block of Railroad Dr. in Northeast El Paso. Police say one person received minor injuries. No word yet on the cause of the crash.

Update: All lanes are now closed. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A large plume of smoke is currently visible for miles after a crash reported at I-10 East and Transmountain. The TxDOT traffic alert system says that the crash happened at 4:28 PM. The clearing time is currently unknown. All lanes are currently blocked due

UPDATE: 12:00 p.m. El Paso Police say 2 trucks and 2 SUVs collided just before 1:48 a.m. at I-10 W near the Missouri exit towards Downtown El Paso. Two people in a Chevrolet Colorado were injured. One with serious injuries and one with minor injuries. One person was injured in a Toyota CHR-1. Special Traffic

Update (5:28 PM): A police spokesperson says that the gang unit is now responding to the shooting. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police officers are at the scene of a shooting on the 3000 block of Porter Avenue in Central El Paso right now. ABC-7 has a crew at the scene right now.

UPDATE: El Paso Fire says the fire has been ruled unintentional. The fire was caused by residents of the home who were trying to stay warm. They had no power or gas service. The building department was alerted for follow up. Update: The fire happened at 2:45 PM at an apartment on the 100 block

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police arrested 24-year-old David Earl Hardy for allegedly stealing catalytic converters. Officials charged Hardy with three counts of Theft of Catalytic Converter <30k to Replace. News of the rising number of people stealing the car part started coming in early last year. Police took Hardy into custody on

Update: Fire Marshall and Chief of El Paso County Emergency Services District #2, Roger Esparza, told ABC-7 that the fire started inside of the old Fabens High School campus, known as the Annex. He said that to completely put out the fire, crews have to knock down walls to get to the original start of

(UPDATE, 8:15 p.m.) – A U.S. Marshal spokesperson confirmed to ABC-7 that an operation was being conducted by the Lonestar Fugitive Task Force. They do confirm injuries were sustained by that team. The U.S. Marshal spokesperson did tell ABC-7 that one person is in custody. The scene is now considered contained, with no danger to

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso jury found Archie Antonio Bridges, 39, guilty of Continuous sexual abuse of a child: victim under 14, according to a release by the district attorney’s office. It took the jury less than two hours of deliberation to find Bridges guilty. He was sentenced to 45 year in

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police arrested two men after an investigation into an aggravated robbery at a vaping business in West El Paso. The robbery was reported on January 13 at Vape City on 3910 Doniphan about 9:17 p.m. Employees at the store told police that two men had entered the store.

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police officials say that officers arrested 35-year-old Jorge Mariano Polo-Hernandez for DWI and possession of cocaine after officers reported seeing Polo-Hernandez’s car traveling 98-miles-per-hour in a 40 mile-per-hour zone. Officers stopped Polo-Hernandez on North Mesa Street and found that he was allegedly intoxicated, officials say. They also reportedly

Update (January 14, 2025): Court documents reveal that officers had first visited the home where the alleged murder happened earlier that morning. An argument had broken out, but police left the house after confirming that no one had been injured. About thirty minutes later, officers responded to the house again, this time after receiving reports

Update (January 13, 2025): Police say that 31-year-old Cody Lewis Vaughn died in the crash. Special Traffic Investigators say Vaughn was waiting at a red light on Gateway North when another driver rear-ended his car. Both cars entered the intersection, where another car also crashed into Vaughn, who died at the scene. Police say the

Update: Per the El Paso Fire Department X page, the fire has been knocked down. Crews are checking for hotspots. No injuries reported. Investigators en route. Update: El Paso Fire Department officials told ABC-7 the fire occurred at 413 Clayton Rd. in the Upper Valley. The call came in at 5:59 a.m. Officials did not