Despite ample school security plan, Texas shooter found gaps
By COLLIN BINKLEY and KANTELE FRANKO Associated Press Robb Elementary School had measures in place to prevent this kind of violence. A fence lined…
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Woman flees, assaults deputy after reportedly stealing from a restaurant
EL PASO, Texas – El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies respond to a report of a theft at a restaurant in Clint. A description of the suspect was provided…
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Las Cruces business owners impacted by high crime
LAS CRUCES, Texas — Las Cruces business owners gathered Thursday to discuss their frustrations with city leaders they say fail to…
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WATCH: Police say no injuries, and no confirmed sighting of subject with gun, Bel Air being cleared
UPDATE 3:00 p.m.: El Paso police say they’ll take any threat seriously. Parents were briefed at a staging area. There was no confirmed sighting…
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Watch Uvalde update: DPS: Shooter entered school without confrontation
UVALDE, Texas – DPS Regional Director Victor Escalon provided updates on the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde. Escalon says he was one of…
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El Paso businessman arrested on deceptive business practice charge
EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso businessman, who was the subject of a months-long ABC-7 investigation, was arrested on a deceptive business practice…
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Texas nonprofit gathers leaders in wake of Uvalde shooting seeking solutions, change
EL PASO, Texas – Children at Risk, a Texas nonpartisan research and advocacy nonprofit with ties to El Paso, gathered community members to discuss…
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Senate GOP blocks domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings…
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ABC-7 Investigates: Construction, solar company accused of fraud; owner wanted
EL PASO, Texas – A judge has issued a criminal arrest warrant for an El Paso businessman accused of deceptive business practices while various…
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Las Cruces man that attacked off-duty border patrol agent with machete found guilty of kidnapping, carjacking
EL PASO, Texas – A federal jury Tuesday convicted Fernando Angel Puga of kidnapping and carjacking in a brutal attack against an off-duty border…
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El Paso parents faced with having to talk about school shootings with their children
EL PASO, Texas – Following the news of the mass shooting in a Uvalde elementary school, many Borderland parents are forced to talk to their kids…
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Uvalde elementary school shooter chronicled his actions on social media, Gov. Greg Abbott says
A gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at a South Texas elementary school and shot his grandmother in the face Tuesday spelled out each…
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SISD board votes to end ties with Socorro Police
EL PASO, Texas- In a 4-3 vote last week, the Socorro Independent School District board has put an end to their “memorandum of understanding” (MOU) or…
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WATCH: Gov. Abbott to hold news conference on Robb Elementary School Shooting in Uvalde
UVALDE, Texas — Texas Governor Greg Abbott will hold a news conference to update the state’s response to Tuesday’s Robb Elementary School shooting…
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Students, teachers in Uvalde elementary school shooting were in one classroom, law enforcement says
The 19 children and two teachers killed Tuesday at a South Texas elementary school — the second-deadliest public school shooting in U.S. history…
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What we know about the victims at Robb Elementary School
By Holly Yan, Harmeet Kaur, Melissa Alonso, Amir Vera and Sharif Paget, CNN One of the 10-year-olds aspired to be a lawyer someday. Another, a marine…
Continue Reading ‘Precious individuals’ taken in Texas school shooting
By ELLIOT SPAGAT and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — One student was an avid runner, so fast she swept the races at field…
Continue Reading What we know and don’t know in the Texas massacre
By Aya Elamroussi, Holly Yan and Dakin Andone, CNN We may never know why a shooter gunned down 19 children and two teachers in a massacre Tuesday at…
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Death toll climbs: 19 children, 2 adults, School Shooter dead at Uvalde, TX Robb Elementary
.@ABC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT: Image released of alleged gunman in horrific elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The suspect, an 18-year-old…
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Plot to assassinate former President George W. Bush revealed, according to Forbes exclusive
In an exclusive, Forbes magazine reports the discovery of a plot to assassinate former President George W. Bush. Forbes reports an Iraqi man in the…
Continue Reading ‘Traumatizing’ Buffalo massacre strikes a chord with families who have lost loved ones to racist mass shootings
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN For Tito Anchondo, the racist mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, reopens wounds that never completely healed. Anchondo…
Continue Reading 1 dead, 3 injured in New Orleans shooting overnight
By Rebekah Riess, CNN A man was killed and three other people injured in a shooting in New Orleans’ Holy Cross neighborhood overnight, police…
Continue Reading New York police arrest second teenager in connection with shooting death of 11-year-old girl in the Bronx
By Liam Reilly and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A second teen allegedly involved in the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old girl in New York’s Bronx…
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Shots fired near Mauro Rosas Park; Socorro PD says no immediate public threat
EL PASO, Texas – Socorro police say two people were seen by Mauro Rosas Park carrying assault rifles and reportedly fired multiple rounds. Police…
Continue Reading 15 people joined suspected Buffalo shooter’s Discord private chat shortly before the shooting
By Mark Morales, Eric Levenson and Samantha Beech, CNN At least 15 people joined suspected Buffalo shooter Payton Gendron’s private account on…
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Mon, son arrested; charged with assaulting off-duty El Paso police officer
EL PASO, Texas – A 20-year-veteran of the El Paso Police Department was assaulted and threatened with a knife by a mother and son, according to El…
Continue Reading A shooting at an Asian-owned hair salon in Dallas is being investigated as a federal hate crime
By Dakin Andone and Jennifer Henderson, CNN Federal officials are investigating a shooting that wounded three people at a Korean-owned salon in…
Continue Reading Ex-Minneapolis Police officer Thomas Lane pleads guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in George Floyd’s death
By Brad Parks and Eric Levenson, CNN The former Minneapolis Police officer who held down George Floyd’s legs during his fatal restraint pleaded…
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EPISD to discuss the future of their vacant properties
EL PASO, Texas – On Tuesday night, El Paso Independent School District officials will discuss and take action regarding the future of some of their…
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ABC-7’s Stephanie Valle’s Borderland Crimes podcast wins prestigious regional Edward R. Murrow Award
EL PASO, Texas – An episode of ABC-7 anchor Stephanie Valle’s Borderland Crimes podcast has been awarded a Regional Edward R. Murrow award. Region 6…
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