EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso man is facing aggravated assault charges after police accused him of shooting a woman. The shooting happened on the 4400 block of Hueco Avenue in Central El Paso on April 2. Officers were called out on reports of family violence. When officers arrived on the scene, they
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) – New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez says a criminal investigation is now underway into hazing and sexual assault allegations within the NMSU Men’s basketball team. Torrez told our media partner KOAT that investigators had been assigned to the case. He said he found the allegations both concerning and troubling.
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — A hearing for accused National Institute of Migration commissioner Francisco Garduño started Tuesday morning. Garduño arrived at the federal court in Juarez around 7:30 AM. The hearing was scheduled to start at 9:15. Mexico’s attorney general’s office is trying to charge Garduño with illegally exercising his public power. Last Friday, a
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AUSTIN, Texas (Texas Tribune) — The Texas House on Monday passed legislation that is calling for significant investments to beef up schools’ safety, including hiring at least one armed security officer at every campus, providing incentives for school employees to get certified to carry a weapon and installing silent panic alert buttons in every classroom.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Three arrests have been made following an incident that led to a chase on April 17th in East El Paso. In a news release sent by EPPD, officers were patrolling the area near the Jaguar’s Gold Club. El Paso Police Officers saw a vehicle with two people inside, and stopped
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – El Paso County Sheriff deputies responded to disturbance call along the 800 block of Coach Rd just after 1 p.m. Friday. Deputies say they saw two men who were about to get into a fight. As deputies approached the two men, one of them fled and a chase ensued. 22-year-old
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An unknown person called a suicide hotline Tuesday, threatening to open fire on employees at the Amazon fulfillment center in far east El Paso, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators say they believed the threats to be imminent. The Amazon fulfillment center was evacuated due to the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – El Paso Police officers are investigating an incident that led to a chase in the parking lot of the Las Palmas Marketplace. It happened before 10 a.m. Wednesday morning at the 1300 block of George Dieter in east El Paso. Video provided to KVIA show several police units following a
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(CNN) — [Breaking news update, published at 6 p.m. ET] The man who shot and wounded 16-year-old Ralph Yarl, a Black teen, after the teen went to the wrong home to pick up his siblings will face two felony charges, Clay County attorney Zachary Thompson announced early Monday evening. Andrew Lester, an 85-year-old White man, will
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UPDATE: Two people are in custody in connection to this morning’s shooting, according to police. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso police officers were forced to fire their weapons after an assault at a gentlemen’s club in east El Paso early Monday morning. It happened at the Jaguars Club on Gateway West and Lee Trevino
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)- A verbal argument at a desert party in Horizon City preceded the deadly shooting of a 15-year-old boy Sunday morning, according to investigators. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office says the argument was between two men, who remain unknown. Officials say one of the men pulled out a handgun and fired
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – El Paso Police officers responded to a criminal mischief/deadly conduct call along the 11200 block of Montana Ave just after 10 a.m. Sunday morning. Police say no injuries were reported. A vehicle in the area did receive damage from a bullet. No other information on any arrests have been reported.
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UPDATE: The victim’s family has identified him as 15-year-old Ryan Romero. In a GoFundMe Romero’s sister set up, she described him as “as very kind boy to everyone he met, he was funny and would tease you but smile after, knowing he could make you smile. He never made any enemies, always loved by everyone.”
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VAN HORN, Texas (KVIA) — Culberson County Sheriff’s Office is looking into a body that was found just south of Van Horn. The remains are suspected to be the body of a migrant. Culberson County Sheriff’s stated investigators believe the body may have been a 22 year-old from Mexico. Border Patrol is assisting in the
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Police Department’s Auto Theft Task Force holds a vehicle theft prevention event to combat the upward trend of auto theft in the Borderland. Officials said El Paso Police officials with the auto theft task force said the city is up 20% in auto thefts from where we were
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A Fort Bliss soldier returned to the home of a woman he had previously attacked, prompting the victim to make a panicked call to police, saying she could see her attacker through her Ring camera, according to documents obtained by ABC-7. Investigators say Christopher Aaron Rey, 28, was the man
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(CNN) — The Justice Department on Friday announced charges against more than two dozen defendants, including three sons of the notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, in a sprawling fentanyl-trafficking investigation. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the charges at a news conference in Washington alongside Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Anne Milgram and other top
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A 19-year-old woman told El Paso police she was confronted by a stranger at her east El Paso home who she later recalled seeing at a laundromat. Police arrested 28-year-old Christopher Aaron Rey. He’s been charged with burglary of habitation. According to police, the woman told officers she was exiting
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A 34-year-old man was taken into custody at a Walmart parking lot on a warrant for murder in connection with the death of 32-year-old Michelle Morales-Nakaza. The man has been identified as Christopher Paul Maya. Morales-Nakaza was reported missing on March 31. Her body was later found in the Red
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – El Paso Police have identified the man arrested following a domestic disturbance call on Tuesday that ended with an officer firing its weapon. Police say they were called to a family violence call on the 4100 block of Altura in central El Paso Tuesday morning. Two people in the house
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UPDATE: El Paso Fire Department has confirmed the juvenile was a student and suffered serious injuries. Witnesses say a fight broke out on school grounds. That fight spilled over onto surrounding businesses. According to witnesses that fight ended with a student being stabbed in the back parking lot of Wienerschnitzel. Witnesses say the student then
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The woman who was found murdered in the Red Sands area was shot in the head by her boyfriend in a car, police said. ABC-7 obtained court documents that say Christopher Maya shot Michelle Morales-Nakaza three times because he suspected that she had taken his wallet as they slept in
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso woman has pleaded guilty to 11 counts related to wire fraud and impersonating a federal employee. Court documents state that, 53-year-old, Ana Maria Hernandez claimed that she was a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services employee. According to the documents, Hernandez said that she would process immigration applications for
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Police say they have located the body of 32-year-old woman Michelle Morales-Nakaza who was reported missing in late March. Police say her remains were found in the east El Paso County area known as Red Sands. Authorities said a murder investigation is now underway. Morales-Nakaza was was seen on March
Continue Reading Editor’s note: If you or someone you know needs help, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988. You can also reach a crisis counselor by messaging the Crisis Text Line at 741741. (CNN) — [Breaking news update, published at 5:25 p.m. ET] The Louisville Metro Police Department just released bodycam video of officers responding to the Monday bank shooting
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UPDATE: El Paso police say a man was taken into custody this morning following a family violence aggravated assault in progress with a weapon call. Police say a bean bag round was used in the incident. Police also say an officer fired a round from their weapon, but no one was hit. Police say the
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(CNN) — A 23-year-old bank employee opened fire at his workplace in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday morning and livestreamed the attack that left four dead and nine others wounded, authorities said. The gunman was identified as Connor Sturgeon, an employee at Old National Bank, according to interim Louisville Metro Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel. He was killed
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Originally Published: 07 APR 23 22:52 ETUpdated: 07 APR 23 23:05 ETBy Paradise Afshar and Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — An active shooter is on campus at the University of Oklahoma in the city of Norman, the school said in a tweet Friday night.”There is an active shooter at the Van Vleet Oval. Take immediate action
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso man accused of murder is facing another charge of assaulting a public servant. Moises Galvan has been held in the El Paso County Jail for more than six years. He was arrested on Jan. 29, 2017, accused of shooting and killing R.J. Franco outside a bar in east El
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Pasoans could be rewarded up to $5,000 for information leading to finding stash houses, pill press operations, and meth conversion labs. The Texas Department of Public Safety said their goal is to combat crimes crossing the border, including stopping human trafficking attempts, drug smuggling and the smuggling of people.
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