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Burglary, chase leads to crash & shooting in west El Paso

June 24, 2021 1:54 PM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — A suspected burglar in a pickup truck being chased was involved in a rollover crash that resulted in a shooting on El Paso’s west…

WATCH: Biden announces plan to combat gun violence

June 23, 2021 4:34 PM CNN Newsource, ABC News

WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a comprehensive strategy on violent crime prevention — with a particular emphasis on…

Anti-virus software creator John McAfee dies in Spanish prison

June 23, 2021 1:45 PM Associated Press, ABC News

MADRID, Spain — John McAfee, the creator of the McAfee antivirus software, has been found dead in his cell in a jail near Barcelona, a…

Year after Vanessa Guillén’s death, Congress seeks to pass military crime reforms

June 23, 2021 11:02 AM Texas Tribune, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC — A year after U.S. Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén’s death in Texas, which spurred a movement against sexual assault and harassment in…

Funeral for El Paso-based DPS trooper who died of Covid-19

June 18, 2021 12:32 PM Jim Parker, Jerry Najera

UPDATE, June 22: The funeral procession and services took place Tuesday afternoon for Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Paul Mooney, 52, of El…

El Paso police make 12 gang arrests in past month; experts say gang members getting younger

June 22, 2021 12:04 PM Dylan McKim

EL PASO, Texas — The Gang Unit in the El Paso Police Department has arrested a dozen people in the last month. According to Ringo Deleon, the…

Owner of raided El Paso strip club accused of human trafficking

June 17, 2021 2:08 PM Jim Parker

UPDATE, June 22: State officials reveled new details Tuesday about last week’s raid of a far east El Paso strip club, accusing the owner of being a…

Horizon City man pleads guilty to gun crimes, admits making Walmart threats

June 22, 2021 6:59 PM Jim Parker

HORIZON CITY, Texas — A 30-year-old Horizon City man who was arrested last year for making online threats – that included a photo of a weapon and a…

Defense secretary backs change in military handling of sex assault cases

June 22, 2021 4:14 PM Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, for the first time, said Tuesday he will support long-debated changes to the military justice…

Charges dropped against 2 suspects in Austin mass shooting

June 22, 2021 10:04 AM Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — Prosecutors are dropping criminal charges against two juveniles after police identified a different gunman in a mass…

Amber Alert issued for 2 Texas boys taken by murder suspect

June 21, 2021 8:02 PM ABC News

DALLAS, Texas — Officials issued a statewide Amber Alert Monday evening for two children out of Dallas who they said were believed to be in…

El Paso deputies search for woman who abandoned healthy dog at hospital and scurried away

June 21, 2021 4:39 PM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas – El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies were searching for a woman who abandoned her healthy dog by dropping it off at a far east El…

Man accused of running over El Paso couple outside bar gets bond lowered

May 15, 2021 7:14 AM Jim Parker

UPDATE, June 21: Donovan Paul Byers, the man charged in a murder and aggravated assault of an El Paso couple outside Adrian’s Bar in south-central…

El Paso plane seized, searched at Santa Teresa airport in Homeland Security probe

June 20, 2021 11:15 AM Jim Parker

SANTA TERESA, New Mexico — A small private plane apparently controlled by two El Pasoans was seized at the Santa Teresa airport as part of a U.S.…

Houston deputy’s wife and stepchild shot by gunman inside their apartment

June 20, 2021 7:57 AM CNN Newsource

HOUSTON, Texas — An off-duty deputy’s wife and his 4-year-old stepdaughter were shot early Sunday morning when a gunman forced entry into…

Disturbing video: Kids dive for cover as gunman opens fire on New York sidewalk

June 18, 2021 6:15 PM ABC News

NEW YORK, NY — Shocking video shows a brazen gunman opening fire just mere inches away from children as they ducked for safety on a sidewalk in the…

Doña Ana County jail officer stabbed, wounded by inmate

June 18, 2021 11:55 AM Tom Scott, Kate Bieri

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Doña Ana County Detention Center officer was hospitalized in stable condition after being stabbed multiple times by an…

1 dead, 12 hurt in Arizona shooting spree; gunman in custody

June 17, 2021 2:56 PM CNN Newsource

PHOENIX, Arizona — Four people were shot — one fatally — as a gunman went on a shooting spree in the northwest suburbs of Phoenix…

Boy arrested in Horizon City shooting that killed 1, hurt 2

June 13, 2021 12:40 PM Jim Parker

UPDATE, June 17: HORIZON CITY, Texas — El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a boy on charges stemming from a Horizon City shooting last…

El Pasoans protest Texas’ new permit-less gun carry law

June 17, 2021 12:00 PM Rachel Phillips

EL PASO, Texas — ‘Abbott failed Texas’, those are what some of the signs read at a protest in downtown El Paso on Thursday opposing…

Man accused of 4 killings across 2 states is now charged in 5th murder in New Mexico

June 17, 2021 4:59 PM CNN Newsource

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — A New Jersey man accused of four killings in two states was charged with a fifth this week, according to a criminal…

Body found north of Las Cruces, death labeled ‘suspicious’

June 17, 2021 4:51 PM Tom Scott

DONA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico — Dona Ana County Sheriff’s deputies were investigating a “suspicious death” discovered Monday afternoon. A body was…

3 teens charged in east El Paso drive-by shooting witnessed by police detective

June 14, 2021 1:25 PM Jim Parker, Rachel Phillips

UPDATE, June 17: Three teenagers have now been charged following an east El Paso drive-by shooting earlier this week that was witnessed by a police…

Killer of 2 El Pasoans on Thanksgiving Day 2018 avoids death penalty with plea deal

June 17, 2021 12:42 PM Jim Parker, JC Navarrete

EL PASO, Texas — An Arizona man facing an upcoming trial on capital murder, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated robbery charges appeared in an El…

Jan. 6 rioter from Texas charged with bringing gun to Capitol, undercutting claims that pro-Trump mob was unarmed

June 17, 2021 1:34 PM CNN Newsource

WASHINGTON, DC — The Justice Department on Thursday charged a U.S. Capitol rioter with bringing a handgun onto Capitol grounds — two days…

Alleged Texas cop shooter, subject of Blue Alert, kills self

June 15, 2021 9:43 PM ABC News, Associated Press

UPDATE, June 16: HONEY GROVE, Texas — Authorities say a man suspected of shooting a police officer in the leg in a small North Texas city,…

Texas ‘constitutional gun carry’ signed into law, will start Sept. 1

June 16, 2021 2:46 PM Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — Texans can carry handguns without a license or training starting Sept. 1, after Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed the…

Las Cruces man accused of raping young girl for a year

June 16, 2021 10:19 AM Jim Parker

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A 46-year-old Las Cruces man was arrested on allegations that he repeatedly raped a young girl for nearly a year, in a case…

El Pasoan arrested for allegedly leaving dog to starve in backyard

June 16, 2021 10:03 AM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso man was jailed on animal cruelty charges after allegedly leaving his dog to starve in his backyard, police said…

33 migrants found near death crammed into U-Haul in Van Horn

June 15, 2021 10:13 PM Jim Parker

VAN HORN, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents detailed late Tuesday how they uncovered a human smuggling operation in Van Horn and rescued over 30…