EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A car rolled over in West El Paso Tuesday afternoon, sending one person to the hospital. Courtesy: FitFamElPaso The call to 911 reporting the crash came in at 2:50 p.m. Tuesday. The crash happened on North Mesa near Brentwood. Courtesy: FitFamElPaso According to first responders, the person taken to the
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CLINT, Texas (KVIA) — A Clint Independent School District school bus was involved in a crash Monday morning. District officials tell ABC-7 that the crash happened around 7 a.m. District officials say the crash involved multiple vehicles, but the bus was not at fault. No one was reported injured in the collision, according to the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Christopher Paul Maya pleaded guilty to the April 2023 murder of his girlfriend, 32-year-old Michelle Morales-Nakaza. Maya pleaded guilty to murder, tampering with a human corpse, and tampering with evidence. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison. ABC-7 obtained court documents that say Christopher Maya shot Morales-Nakaza three times
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office has one person in custody after their car hit two people on the road, killing both. Sheriff’s investigators say they received the call just after 10 a.m. Friday morning at the 4600 block of Turf Avenue near the jail annex. Investigators say a driver
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — A fire damaged an unoccupied mobile home in Las Cruces Thursday morning. Las Cruces Fire Department officials report the fire happened on the 300 block of Karen Avenue, within a mobile home park. Courtesy: Las Cruces Fire Department The blaze was first reported just before 10:30 a.m. Both Las
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Dorado High School Band Director Carl Ortega is accused of having an improper relationship with a student. The unnamed student came forward to report the alleged relationship after she graduated from the school, according to court documents obtained by ABC-7. The affidavit states that Ortega and the student engaged
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Neighbors are speaking out after an officer-involved shooting in West El Paso Tuesday morning. Residents told ABC-7 a trespassing suspect shot by El Paso Police used to live in the neighborhood. “My ex-neighbor got shot because they came back after they got evicted, tried to break in into their old
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One person is in the hospital after an officer-involved shooting in West El Paso. It happened on the 7200 block of Royal Arms Dr. on Tuesday morning. Police were responding to a trespassing call involving two 20-year-old suspects, says Det. Judy Oviedo. We do know one person is in the
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Update: The crash and the resulting traffic have cleared. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A rollover is blocking traffic on Loop 375 near Iron Medics. According to an alert posted to the Texas Department of Transportation map page, a white Ford F-150 rolled over and is now blocking a southbound lane and a shoulder of
Continue Reading LAS CRUCES (KVIA) — Police in Las Cruces are investigating an early-morning shooting on the 900 block of Graham Street. Police say that one man died in the shooting and another was injured. A 34-year-old man showed up to MountainView Regional Medical Center with a gunshot wound. Investigators then learned of a second victim at
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Burges High School was placed on a safety protocol for a few minutes early Thursday afternoon. The protocol was lifted a few minutes later. District officials did not provide extensive details about what caused the school to go on the safety protocol. The high school was evacuated earlier this week
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police say a woman was drunk when she crashed into the back of two cars on Zaragoza February 4, 2024. She died on February 12. Special Traffic Investigators say 47-year-old Claudia Escobar was driving on Zaragoza when she rearended two other cars stopped at a red light. This
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Update: New court documents obtained by ABC-7 reveal Lopez allegedly told officers she had been driving home from Pockets (a bar on Dyer) at the time of the crash. Officers reported smelling alcohol on Lopez’s person and seeing her throw up, according to the court documents. Update (February 13, 2024): Special Traffic Investigators say 22-year-old
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UPDATE: El Paso Independent School District released an updated statement: “Burges High School students who were evacuated from the campus as a precautionary measure Monday morning returned to their school at approximately 2:30 p.m. after El Paso ISD Police Services concluded an investigation into a potential threat against the campus. El Paso ISD expresses gratitude
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Las Cruces Police Officer Jonah Hernandez was killed after being stabbed Sunday afternoon. Officer Hernandez was responding to a trespassing call on the 300 block of South Valley Drive. He was stabbed by the suspected who had allegedly been trespassing, according to LCPD. Officer Hernandez was an El Paso
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Update (November 13, 2024): Court records show that Villarreal is facing an additional charge of theft from a person. He is set to go on trial for all three charges on November 22, 2024 at 8:30 AM. Update (September 25, 2025): The judge rescheduled the jury trial for November 22, 2024 at 8:30 AM. Update
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 37-year-old Devorise Antoine Newson was arrested for allegedly biting through a police officer’s finger. The amputated portion of the finger could not be reattached, according to police officials. On February 6, 2024, officers were trying to book Newson on a stalking charge, according to online jail records. Police say while
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Update (September 2, 2025): The charges against Solis have been dismissed. Update: Online jail records show Solis has a range of charges spanning back to 2001. He has one prior DWI charge from 2003, two speeding tickets, and a range of other more minor traffic offenses. Solis was also charged with assault causing bodily injury
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A pedestrian is in the hospital after being hit by a car in east El Paso, Thursday. This happened on Burnham and Lee Trevino. According to fire dispatch, the person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Police say the call came in at 6:28 a.m. This is a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Police said person died Wednesday night after a crash in Far East El Paso. It happened on Angel Garcia Highway near I-10. That’s at at the Loop 375 interchange. Police said only one vehicle crashed. According to police, the call came in at 9:56 p.m. on Wednesday. This is a
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — Emergency crews had to use extrication equipment to get a person out of a wrecked car on McNutt Road. First responders rushed two people to the hospital with serious injuries. Dona Ana Fire Rescue crews responded to the crash, which happened near the intersection of McNutt Road and 1st
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Update: The motorcycle rider, 42-year-old Kristopher Shull, died as a result of the crash. Police investigators say he was not wearing a helmet when a Nissan Sentra hit him in the intersection. He died February 7, 2024 as a result of severe head injuries. The Sentra was driven by a 20-year-old woman. A 7-year-old girl
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Crimes Against Persons detectives are investigating a stabbing on the 800 block of Yandell, near Houston Park. Officials say that preliminary investigating uncovered that two people were stabbed. Emergency crews rushed both people to local hospitals. Police have closed down the 800 and 900 blocks of Montana Avenue to pedestrian
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A new review by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards found that inmate checks were not preformed properly in the hours after Jesus Torres was murdered in the El Paso Jail Annex in November 2023. “It was determined that although the inmate checks were done in the required time frames,
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Update: El Paso Fire Department officials say a piece of falling concrete injured the worker. OSHA is now investigating. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A construction worker suffered a serious injury at a site in the Lower Valley. First responders confirm the worker was injured just before 2:00 p.m. Tuesday on the 7200 block of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso fire crews were called out to a minor fire in Central El Paso, Tuesday morning. According to fire dispatch, crews responded to 1010 Radford St. before 2 a.m. No injuries have been reported at this time. We are working to find out what was the cause of the
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Update (February 5, 2024): Police announced the arrest of 21-year-old Kaory Ramos Monday. Police say the SWAT team had to get involved in her arrest at a Far East El Paso house. They charged her with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and booked her into the El Paso County Detention Facility on a $250,000
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Update: The fire chief told ABC-7 the fire consumed six cars. Emergency crews have gotten the flames under control. TORNILLO, Texas (KVIA) — The Fabens Fire Department confirms that a fire is burning on the 300 block of Oil Mill Drive in Tornillo. Dispatchers received the initial call reporting the fire at 12:30 Monday afternoon.
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UPDATE: After hours of being closed I-10 west near Clint reopened, Sunday night. According to Texas Department of Transportation, the closure was lifted right before 10 p.m. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Area law enforcement agencies are asking drivers to avoid I-10 West near mile marker 44 (Clint Exit) as deputies with the El Paso
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Update: Emergency crews cleared the scene. Traffic is flowing normally again. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A car fire on Transmountain West is slowing down traffic. Emergency crews are on the scene and are expected to completely close the road as they work to clear up the scene of the fire. The fire happened at
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