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Update: Officials now tell ABC-7 that deputies were responding to the fire when they noticed the allegedly drunk driver going through the area. The driver later crashed into a deputy’s vehicle, injuring the deputy. Officials now say the driver is not connected to the fire. Update: Las Cruces Fire officials say that crews arrived to

Update (January 2, 2025): Special Traffic Investigators say that D Aundre Kahlil Malik Laffoon was traveling “at a high rate of speed” along Loop 375 when he hit the back of another car that was also driving on the highway. Investigators say Laffoon lost control and veered off the road. Officials say his car rolled

Update (January 3, 2025): Police say they are investigating this as a suicide. They are not sharing any other information publicly. Update (4:29 PM): An ABC-7 viewer shared an image of a pedestrian severely injured in the collision. First responders clarify that the crash was a vehicle vs. a pedestrian and confirm that one person

Update (December 31, 2024): Las Cruces Police Department officials are asking anyone with information about the shooting to contact them. Police say the shooting injured a teen boy, who was subsequently taken to a Las Cruces hospital for treatment. Emergency crews then transferred the teen to an El Paso facility, where he is now in

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — A Las Cruces couple are dead after an apparent murder-suicide, police say. “The male suspect, Dennis Wyatts, was 77 and the female victim, Renate Wyatts, was 83,” a Las Cruces Police Department spokesperson stated Tuesday. Police officers found the couple dead in their home on the 4000 block of Gila

Update (1:37 PM): The suspects’ mugshots are now available. View them below: Courtesy: El Paso County Sheriff’s Office EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A specialized task force recovered a kidnapping victim after nine days of investigations. Officers arrested Uriel Herrera Contreras, 40, and Jose Antonio Herrera, 44 and charged them with aggravated kidnapping yesterday. Officers

Update (December 19, 2024): El Paso Police say the motorcyclist, 38-year-old Kyle Leonard Calverly, died in the crash. Special Traffic Investigators say the truck, driven by 22-year-old Brandon Victor Shepherd, was traveling north on Mesa and turning onto Castellano. Calverly was traveling south at the same time, approaching the intersection with Castellano, police say. Officials

LA LUZ, New Mexico (KVIA) — New Mexico State Police are investigating a homicide in La Luz. Just before 9 PM December 14, dispatchers received a call about a person breaking into a house. Dispatchers received information that the homeowner had fired a shot. Investigators say the 39-year-old homeowner, his 38-year-old wife, and their three

Update (December 18, 2024): El Paso Police just identified the driver who died as 32-year-old Monica Alvarado. Special Traffic Investigators say that Alvarado was traveling east on I-10 when, for unknown reasons, she left her lane, veered off the road, and crashed. Investigators are still looking into the cause of the crash. Police say this

Update (December 18, 2024): Police just identified the motorcyclist who died as 28-year-old Tyler Christopher Jones. Police were first called out to a crash on US-54 South Ramp K, leading to I-10 West, but found Jones in a reservoir 47 feet below. Emergency crews rushed Jones to the hospital where he later died. Special Traffic

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police say a semi trailer fire on I-10 West is backing up traffic. The fire is happening right after the Zaragoza exit, police say. Emergency crews have closed the right two lanes and traffic is backed up to Loop 375, officials say. The current clearing time is set

Update (December 16, 2024): The subject, 45-year-old Alfredo Garcia, died at the hospital, a spokesperson for the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office told ABC-7 this afternoon.”The Sheriff’s Office Shooting Review Team and the Texas Rangers are also conducting an administrative investigation,” the spokesperson added. “There is no current threat to the public, and no other

Update (3:51 PM): Special Traffic Investigators say that a truck was entering Loop 375 when it hit a pedestrian crossing the highway. A semi then hit the pedestrian and drove off. The pedestrian, identified only as a 54-year-old woman, died from her injuries. Officers are still investigating. Police officials say this is the 67th traffic

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A train hit a person in central El Paso this morning. The person suffered serious injuries. Emergency crews rushed the victim to UMC. Officials have not yet released the person’s name. The collision happened near Laurel and Wyoming at 10:41 AM Thursday, El Paso Fire Department officials say. Officials have

Update: The car went through the wall of a house and caused damage to the house. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One person is recovering in the the hospital this afternoon after a crash in East El Paso. It happened just after 2 AM on Lomaland Drive and La Subida Drive. That is right near Vista Hills Elementary

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police Department officers are helping the U.S. Marshals with a SWAT situation in East El Paso. There is a barricaded subject at an apartment complex at 7900 Viscount, just behind the Cielo Vista Walmart. No other information is currently available. ABC-7 has a crew going to the scene.

CANUTILLO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police responded to a shooting at the Whataburger near the Outlet Shoppes last night. The restaurant is located at 7057 South Desert Boulevard. The call came in at 10:41 PM. When officers arrived, they found a man suffering from at least one gunshot wound. Emergency crews rushed the man

Update (11:28 PM): Officers took one adult male into custody, officials say. Update (6:00 PM): A spokesperson for the U.S. Marshals Service says the barricaded subject was wanted by the Las Cruces office. That information for a warrant was shared with the El Paso office. Marshals in El Paso located the subject at the apartment

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Two people were found dead inside a burned building on the 4000 block of Ballard. “After extinguishing the fire, two bodies were recovered from the scene,” a spokesperson for the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office stated Monday. “The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit is actively assisting with