EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Special Traffic Investigators from the El Paso Police Department were called out Friday morning after a crash in South-Central El Paso. Police said one person was taken to the hospital. The crash happened on the 4200 block of Alameda Ave.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A water leak caused emergency crews to shut down all southbound lanes of Zaragoza between North Loop Drive and Alameda Avenue. According to a warning posted to the Texas Department of Transportation’s traffic map, the leak is under repair right now. Officials have not yet been able to provide a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Fire Marshal’s Office Arson Investigators say two 13-year-olds intentionally caused a severe fire on the 300 block of Eucalyptus Street in south-central El Paso back on October 1, 2023. The Fire Marshal’s Office worked with El Paso ISD Police on December 11 to arrest the two teens and
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SOCORRO, Texas (KVIA) — Socorro police have confirmed one person is dead following a crash involving a motorcycle in Socorro, Texas. Police say the crash occurred at 7:43 p.m. in the area of Socorro Road at South Moon Road. TXDOT encourages drivers to avoid the area, as Socorro Road, Winn Road, Apodaca Road, and South
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Update: Homeland Security Investigators updated ABC-7 on the officer-involved shooting Wednesday afternoon. Spokeswoman Leticia Zamarripa released the following statement: “Homeland Security Investigations special agents were involved in an officer-involved shooting Wednesday afternoon while conducting an enforcement action in Northeast El Paso. The FBI El Paso Field Office’s investigation is ongoing.”Leticia Zamarripa, HSI Spokeswoman The ongoing
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Update: ABC-7 learned that Colorado has worked at the Socorro Independent School District since August 2013. Right now a district spokesperson says Colorado is on paid administrative leave. Jail records show that Colorado was released on bond Wednesday. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police arrested a 34-year-old man on child porn suspicions Monday.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One person has been taken to the hospital following a crash in northeast El Paso Sunday morning, according to police. It happened at the 3700 block of Middlesboro Ave. That’s not far from Irvin High School. Police say Special Traffic Investigators (STI) are currently on the scene of the crash.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The FBI’s El Paso office issued a statement Friday saying its agents are aware of the statewide hoax received by schools across Texas today. The FBI says some schools, students, and staff have received the threats in El Paso, too. The FBI provided ABC-7 with the following statement: “The FBI
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SOCORRO, Texas — (KVIA) A pedestrian is in stable but serious condition this morning after being hit by a truck in Socorro. Socorro police say a 76-year-old man was hit by a 1998 Dodge Ram around 6 p.m. Tuesday. Police also say that the man was crossing the street in a non-designated area. He was
Continue Reading Update: Both the crash and the traffic backup have cleared. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A crash is causing a massive traffic back up along Mesa Street from the Montecillo area to just before Executive Center Boulevard. An ABC-7 crew at the scene saw that three cars were involved in the crash. Glass was scattered
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A single-vehicle car crash closed westbound lanes for hours, Tuesday morning. Police say the call came in after 3:00 a.m. One person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Specials Traffic Investigators were called out to the scene. This is a developing story.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) –El Paso Police are investigating a shooting involving a stolen vehicle, Monday night. Officers responded to the 9200 block of Dyer St. just before 10 p.m. Police say that shots were fired by a suspect. Our ABC-7 crews tell us they saw a black Chevrolet truck but police have not confirmed
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Shots were fired in Northeast El Paso Monday night just after 8 p.m. after reports of a vehicle stolen, says El Paso Police. No person or vehicles were hit. Officers detained one person. It happened on the 9200 block of Dyer Street.
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Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who forged a path for women in the law, championed ideological compromise and educated generations of Americans about the rights and duties of citizenship, has died. The court announced her death in a statement Friday morning, citing “complications related to advanced dementia, probably Alzheimer’s, and a respiratory illness.” She
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Thousands of El Paso Electric customers were without power after two separate car crashes hit power polls in Las Cruces and in far east El Paso. El Paso Electric’s George De La Torre said, power has been restored to 2,470 customers at 1:35 a.m. Friday morning. Originally, 3, 200 customers
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Update: El Paso Fire says they saved two teenagers and a dog. They had been exploring the sewer when they got stuck. This afternoon, crews successfully rescued, with no injuries, two people and a dog at Phoenix and Del Monte. Apparently, two teenagers were exploring the sewer system with their pet dog when they eventually
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police say there is a heavy law enforcement presence around Franklin High School in West El Paso. Homeland Security Investigators, El Paso Police, and EPISD Police were directing traffic near the school. An EPISD spokesperson says the law enforcement presence is not connected to the high school campus
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 has learned through officials channels that a person was murdered in the El Paso County Jail Annex overnight. A spokesperson for the El Paso Sheriff’s Office says that detention officers found an inmate unresponsive inside his cell on November 27, 2023. The Major Crime Unit and Texas Rangers went
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Police are saying 17-year-old Elijai Koroma was arrested in connection to the armed robbery of a Far East El Paso McDonalds. He is the second person to be arrested in the case, with the first being 17-year-old Billy Christian Charles. Police say the two men took another man’s truck at
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Update (3:35 PM): The motorcyclist, identified by El Paso Police as 29-year-old Ramiro Munoz, is dead. Special Traffic Investigators believe Munoz ran into the back of a Ford Mustang driven by a 19-year-old Horizon man. They add that Munoz was thrown off his motorcycle and slid several hundred feet across pavement. The driver of the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Members of the El Paso Police Department’s Gang Unit are investigating an early morning shooting at a bar in east El Paso early Sunday morning. Police say a 30-year-old man received non-life-threatening injuries after a shooting at a bar at 1515 Lee Trevino just before 2 a.m. The gang unit’s
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Members of the El Paso Fire Department’s Search and Rescue team have located a lost hiker and are descending from the trail. The hiker was reportedly missing about 4:55 p.m. Sunday at the 1,000 Steps Trail located at the 4800 block of N. Stanton in west El Paso. No injuries
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Deputies with the El Paso County Sheriff Office were called to the Red Sands area in far east El Paso after reports of shots fired. It happened at 9 p.m. on Friday night. Deputies found one 18-year-old man had been shot and was taken to an area hospital for treatment.
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UPDATE– Officials with the El Paso Police Department confirmed a suspect was taken into custody following an hourslong standoff in Far East El Paso. Police described the suspect as a 17-year-old man. According to a spokesperson with EPPD, the barricaded suspect was wanted for an aggravated robbery that happened early Saturday morning. The first incident
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UPDATE: The El Paso County Sheriff’s said late Friday night three people were shot at Red Sands. It was initially reported that there was only one victim. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One person is in the hospital with serious wounds after being shot at Red Sands Friday night, according to an El Paso Fire
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Update: Officials with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said that there is a suspect, however, they are not able to release any additional information at this time. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Deputies of the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office responded to a distress call at the 800 Block of Agua Nieve Pl. in
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SOCORRO, Texas (KVIA) — Socorro Police officers arrested 23-year-old Maria Isabel Lopez Martinez on an intoxication manslaughter charge November 21, 2023. Socorro Police Special Traffic Investigators say Lopez Martinez was drunkenly driving a utility terrain vehicle (UTV) when she crashed. The victim was riding in the bed of the UTV, was thrown from the vehicle,
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Update: Crews have cleared the wreckage. One lane remains closed and traffic is travelling slower than normal. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A three-car crash is causing a traffic jam along I-10 West near the Spaghetti Bowl in Central El Paso. The crash happened just after 10:45 a.m. All but one lane remains blocked off
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Update: Texas DPS Troopers arrested 20-year-old Floridian Adrian Neeko Brustie and 19-year-old Texas Juelissa Krisel Seniceres and charged them with human smuggling. Texas DPS officials provided ABC-7 with the following statement describing the minutes leading up to the crash. “Preliminary investigation shows that yesterday, November 20, 2023, at approximately 8:25 p.m., a Texas Department of
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Update: Officials say the person had been run over by an off-road vehicle and died at the hospital. The driver of the vehicle did not stay at the scene and help the victim. Officials have not yet identified the victim. ABC-7 is working to learn whether charges will be filed in this case. The El
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