By Mark Morales and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN The 18-year-old suspect in the Buffalo, New York, supermarket shooting that killed 10 people pleaded not guilty to the 25-count indictment against him, his attorney said in court Thursday afternoon. Peyton Gendron, who was dressed in an orange jumpsuit and shackled at his hands and feet, was asked
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A Texas lawmaker said Thursday that the school district police chief in charge of the scene at the Uvalde school shooting last week was not informed of the multiple 911 calls made inside the building while the shooter was still inside. State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio, said during a press conference the Uvalde school
Continue Reading By Amir Vera, Rebekah Riess, Holly Yan and Chris Boyette, CNN Texas State Sen. Roland Gutierrez raised questions in a news conference on Thursday about whether information on 911 calls from inside Robb Elementary School was relayed properly to responders at the scene of the shooting. Gutierrez said he spoke with the agency that regulates
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UPDATE: Authorities: Two physicians, a receptionist and a patient were killed in shooting at Tulsa medical office The suspect has been identified as Michael Lewis. Police say Lewis killed Dr. Preston Phillips. TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Police chief says gunman targeted doctor who performed back surgery, blaming him for pain. Sources are also reporting the
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Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday morning called on the Texas Legislature to form special committees to make legislative recommendations in response to the Uvalde school shooting. In a letter to House Speaker Dade Phelan and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the Senate’s presiding officer, Abbott told his fellow Republicans that the state “must reassess the twin
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna and Amanda Watts, CNN The gunman who killed two doctors and two others at an Oklahoma medical building Wednesday did so after he blamed one of the physicians for causing him pain from a recent back surgery, a police chief said Thursday. The shooter, Michael Louis, who police said killed himself after
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UPDATE: Doña Ana County officials say a Honduran woman was released from a mobile home after being held hostage for nearly a month and a half. Officials say they were working off a tip from her sister who called from Maryland, saying an unknown man was demanding $1,000 to release her sister. The Maryland woman
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UVALDE, Texas – ABC News is reporting the Uvalde Police Department and Uvalde ISD police force are no longer cooperating with the Texas Department of Public Safety investigation into the shooting at Robb Elementary and the state’s review of the police response. According to ABC News, a spokesman for Texas DPS declined to comment. The
Continue Reading By Devon M. Sayers, Holly Yan and Amir Vera, CNN An 80-year-old woman who was killed in a shooting at a high school graduation ceremony Tuesday on the campus of Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans has been identified, officials said. The woman was identified Thursday as Augustine Greenwood, who died from gunshot wounds,
Continue Reading CNN By Alex Rogers, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN The House Judiciary Committee plans to vote as soon as Thursday on wide-ranging gun control legislation after a number of mass shootings in America, including at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two teachers were killed. The bill would raise the
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EL PASO, Texas – Crimes Against Persons (CAP) detectives arrested Angel Hinojos, 21, in connection with a double shooting on Sunday afternoon. It happened just after 3 p.m. on the 1000 block of E. 7th Street in the Segundo Barrio, police officers responded to a report of a shooting outside the Jalisco Cafe. Hinojos confronted
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UPDATE: Police confirm one man is dead after shooting in Segundo Barrio Sunday afternoon. Police said the man was 51-years-old, and another female victim, who is in serious condition, is 66-years-old. Police said it happened outside the Jalisco Cafe restaurant. They said one young male has been detained and they suspect it to be domestic
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EL PASO, Texas-In the days following the Uvalde shooting, Governor Greg Abbott was front and center holding news conferences. El Paso had a similar visit after the Cielo Vista Walmart shooting. Governor Abbott came to El Paso to listen to our state legislative delegation, as well as the families of those shot on that day.
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN Police on Saturday arrested a fourth suspect in last month’s mass shooting in downtown Sacramento, California, that left six people dead and 12 injured, said Sacramento Police Chief Katherine Lester. With the help of the Las Vegas Metro Police Department and the FBI, officers were able to locate and arrest Mtula
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By Paula Reid, CNN The Justice Department announced Sunday it will conduct a review of the law enforcement response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two teachers dead. “At the request of Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin, the U.S. Department of Justice will conduct a Critical
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN When gunfire rang out at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, officials from Customs and Border Protection were among several agencies joining local and federal authorities at the scene. It’s not unusual: Customs and Border Protection officials can operate within 100 miles of a US border, and have a major presence
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, Sara Smart and Claudia Dominguez, CNN Six people were shot, and two of them suffered life-threatening injuries, following an altercation between two groups of people in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Saturday night, police said. Patrolling officers heard gunshots around 11 p.m. in the Cherry Street area and arrived at a scene of
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CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Sunday will undertake the grimly familiar task of comforting families after another mass shooting, this time at an elementary school in Texas, as a weary nation grapples with an endless spate of gun violence. Biden and first lady Jill Biden plan to visit Uvalde, Texas, where
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso County Attorney’s office tells abc-7 they will seek serious punishment for juveniles making false threats against schools. This comes after the scare at Bel Air high school Thursday, after rumors of an armed person with a gun circulated, which led to a school lockdown. Police said it was
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EL PASO, Texas – Detectives with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit have made a second arrest in a homicide that happened on Feb. 12. Deputies say 19-year-old Daisy Rodriguez participated in the murder of Azul Ruiz at her home on the 200 block of Isabel in Socorro, Texas. Carlos Alberto Sifuentes,
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By COLLIN BINKLEY and KANTELE FRANKO Associated Press Robb Elementary School had measures in place to prevent this kind of violence. A fence lined the school property. Teachers were ordered to keep classroom doors closed and locked. Students faced regular lockdown and evacuation drills. But when an 18-year-old man arrived Tuesday at the school in
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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 to the deputies. They located 49-year-old Kimberly Anne Nitkowski in the area. Nitkowski tried to flee after a deputy approached her. He was able to catch up
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LAS CRUCES, Texas — Las Cruces business owners gathered Thursday to discuss their frustrations with city leaders they say fail to deal with high crime in their area. The business owners vented frustrations over vandalism, theft, and safety threats. Some examples the business owners say they’ve faced are broken windows and stolen catalytic converters. They say many of these incidents happen during
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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 according to El Paso Police Dept. Spokesman Enrique Carrillo. The campus will be cleared, and there have been no reports of injuries according to Carrillo. Carrillo said police will respond with
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UVALDE, Texas – DPS Regional Director Victor Escalon provided updates on the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde. Escalon says he was one of the responding law enforcement officers during the event. He wanted to clear up a report about how the gunman entered the elementary school. Escalon said a confrontation with a resource
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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 charge Wednesday and booked into an El Paso County jail. Mark Hernández, 43, owner of two now-defunct businesses, American Solar Group, and American Roofing Pros, is also accused of breach of
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EL PASO, Texas – Children at Risk, a Texas nonpartisan research and advocacy nonprofit with ties to El Paso, gathered community members to discuss the current needs in Uvalde. “We firmly believe that Texans can work together to protect our children without comprising the second amendment,” said Dr. Bob Sanborn, president and CEO of Children
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By FARNOUSH AMIRI and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, failed in the Senate Thursday as Republicans blocked a domestic terrorism bill that would have opened debate on difficult questions surrounding hate crimes and gun safety. Senate Majority Leader
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EL PASO, Texas – A judge has issued a criminal arrest warrant for an El Paso businessman accused of deceptive business practices while various lawsuits of similar nature against him lay dormant in civil court. Mark Hernandez, 43, owner of two now-defunct businesses, American Solar Group, and American Roofing Pros, is accused of breach of contract
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EL PASO, Texas – A federal jury Tuesday convicted Fernando Angel Puga of kidnapping and carjacking in a brutal attack against an off-duty border patrol agent, according to federal officials. Officials say Puga, 36, and his co-defendant, Sergio Ivan Quiñonez-Venegas, 38, approached the agent working at a food truck on June 9, 2017. According to
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