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 about gun violence. ABC-7 spoke with dozens of parents, many of who were angry, confused and shocked at the news. Many swiftly reacted but almost immediately knew they would
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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 step of his shooting spree on social media as it unfolded, officials said Wednesday. About 30 minutes before he entered Robb Elementary School, the gunman — Salvador Ramos, an
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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 agreement with the Socorro Police Department. At the May 17 board meeting, the SISD new superintendent, Dr. Nate Carman, brought up the MOU, saying the relationship with them and
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UVALDE, Texas — Texas Governor Greg Abbott will hold a news conference to update the state’s response to Tuesday’s Robb Elementary School shooting at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. Among some of the members joining Gov. Abbott at the news conference: Lt. Governor Dan PatrickSpeaker Dade PhelanSenator Ted CruzCongressman Tony Gonzales
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The 19 children and two teachers killed Tuesday at a South Texas elementary school — the second-deadliest public school shooting in U.S. history — were all in the same classroom, a state law enforcement official said Wednesday morning. [Uvalde gunman legally bought AR rifles days before shooting, law enforcement says] The gunman — Salvador Ramos,
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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 biologist. Another child had just celebrated her school honor roll achievement with her family, while another student was saving up for a trip to Disney World. They were among
Continue Reading 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 day. Another was learning football plays from his grandfather. One girl sensed something was wrong and wanted to skip school. On Wednesday, stories began to emerge about the lives
Continue Reading 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 Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, two days before summer break. But as the nation mourns 21 lives lost, disturbing details have emerged about the shooter’s behavior
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.@ABC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT: Image released of alleged gunman in horrific elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The suspect, an 18-year-old local high school student, is dead, according to the governor. https://t.co/VCKVKoRdub pic.twitter.com/VzYtDXHgDo— ABC News (@ABC) May 24, 2022 President Biden just spoke with Governor Abbott to offer any and all assistance he needs in
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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 U.S. accused of being an ISIS operative was recruiting a team of compatriots that he would smuggle across the Mexican border to carry out the plot. Forbes reports the FBI
Continue Reading By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN For Tito Anchondo, the racist mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, reopens wounds that never completely healed. Anchondo lost his brother and sister-in-law to the 2019 mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. The Latino couple was victimized by the same racist-fueled gun violence that left 10 people
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN A man was killed and three other people injured in a shooting in New Orleans’ Holy Cross neighborhood overnight, police said Saturday. Officers responded to a call of a shooting and found four people shot, the New Orleans Police Department said. A 43-year-old man was dead on the scene. A 29-year-old
Continue Reading 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 neighborhood last week was arrested Monday after turning himself in, the New York Police Department said. Omar Bojang, 18, is believed to have been driving the moped from which his passenger,
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EL PASO, Texas – Socorro police say two people were seen by Mauro Rosas Park carrying assault rifles and reportedly fired multiple rounds. Police say it happened around 1:30 p.m., and the two individuals ran off. Socorro Police are working with schools to provide updates on public safety. According to the Socorro Independent School District,
Continue Reading By Mark Morales, Eric Levenson and Samantha Beech, CNN At least 15 people joined suspected Buffalo shooter Payton Gendron’s private account on the communications app Discord shortly before the shooting at the Tops Friendly Markets store, a person with knowledge of Discord’s internal investigation told CNN. A Discord spokesperson previously confirmed that Gendron had sent
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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 Paso Police. Investigators say it happened on May 9, just before 9:30 p.m., at the Resler and Escondido intersection in west El Paso. Police say Officer Delia Dyer
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone and Jennifer Henderson, CNN Federal officials are investigating a shooting that wounded three people at a Korean-owned salon in Dallas last week as a potential hate crime, as local authorities say they believe the attack is connected to two earlier attacks at other Asian-run businesses. The FBI’s field office in Dallas, the
Continue Reading By Brad Parks and Eric Levenson, CNN The former Minneapolis Police officer who held down George Floyd’s legs during his fatal restraint pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter Wednesday as part of a plea deal, attorneys said. Thomas Lane, 39, was one of three former officers to face charges of aiding and abetting
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EL PASO, Texas – On Tuesday night, El Paso Independent School District officials will discuss and take action regarding the future of some of their vacant properties. Officials at EPISD told ABC-7 last month that the district owns more than 30 vacant buildings. Ten of those are vacant schools. Maintaining the vacant school buildings a
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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 covers stations in Texas and Oklahoma. El Paso is in the Small Market category. The award recognizes news stories that uphold the Radio Television Digital News Association code of ethics,
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EL PASO, Texas – A man who was shot and stabbed turned up at an emergency room hours after police were initially called out to a shooting at the Budget Lodge Motel in central El Paso Monday morning. Police say when they first arrived at 1301 N. Mesa St. at 3:35 a.m. The scene was
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – El Paso police say they have not been able to communicate with a man who suffered serious injuries from a gunshot on Friday, May 13. Police say it happened at 11:43 p.m. on the 4000 block of Flory Ave in northeast El Paso. Police identified the victim as Carlos Enrique Nuñez.
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN A California family and sports medicine doctor with a deep interest in building community was praised as a hero after he died confronting a gunman at a church service Sunday. Dr. John Cheng, 52, was the lone person killed in the mass shooting at the Geneva Presbyterian Church,
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EL PASO, Texas – A 21-year-old man from east El Paso is charged with assaulting a police officer and unlawful carry of a gun. El Paso police say they were responding to a fight Sunday morning at La Unica bar on 1515 Lee Trevino. Investigators say officers arrived just before 2 a.m. and saw a
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ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico — A 32-year-old Alamogordo man was sentenced to life in prison on Friday, May 13, for a 2020 murder carried out with an AK-47. According to the Twelfth Judicial District Attorney, Scot D. Key, Christopher Huble, 32, was sentenced for the murder of Harley Benedict in April. Key says Huble confronted Benedict
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police say 22-year-old Tyjae Simmons admitted shooting another man after that man assaulted a woman in northeast El Paso. Police say the shooting victim drove himself to a nearby fire station to get help. It happened Sunday at 10:30 p.m. The shooting victim’s name has not been released but
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EL PASO, Texas – Police say 59-year-old Juan Pablo Sifuentes, a California resident, died in a crash Saturday after another driver failed to yeild the right of way in south-central El Paso. It happened at Alameda and Gateway North at around 10 a.m. The investigation revealed 25-year-old Amber Lynn Valdez was driving west on Alameda
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EL PASO, Texas – A 23-year-old man has been arrested for the May 3 shooting on the 100 block of Noble. The shooting happened just before 10 pm, sending one person to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. According to police, Demarious Evans was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force.
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EL PASO, Texas – A 49-year-old man from Garland was returned to El Paso by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force on Thursday, May 12. Luis Renteria is charged with the murder of 16-year-old Isaiah Lerma. El Paso police say the shooting happened Dec. 30 on the 4000 Block of Durazno. Police say an argument
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EL PASO, Texas — The video was seen worldwide. An El Paso woman jumping into the spider monkey enclosure at the zoo and feeding two of the animals Cheetos in May 2021. For the woman in the video, the backlash was swift. She was arrested and lost her job at an El Paso law firm,
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