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Police make arrest in 2022 murder case

March 25, 2025 5:32 PM KVIA ABC-7

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police just made an arrest in a 2022 murder case. Officers arrested Kenneth Seind Gaucin, 20, on June 16, 2024 for…

Phoebe Copas, the woman accused of shooting an El Paso Uber driver, dies

March 25, 2025 4:52 PM Emma Hoggard

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Matthew James Kozik, defense attorney for Phoebe Copas, tells ABC-7 that he has been told that Copas died. Copas is accused…

Man accused of murder arrested at Ft. Bliss

March 25, 2025 3:11 AM Paul Schulz, Lauren Bly

Update (March 25, 2025): El Paso Police announced the arrest of Eric Lamarr Mathis, 24. He is charged with murder, police officials say. Officials…

Smuggler sentenced to 97 months in prison

March 25, 2025 11:08 AM KVIA ABC-7

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Victor Ubaldo Hernandez-Ortega, 33, received a 97-month prison sentence for “conspiracy to transport aliens.” That is…

Motorcyclist killed in crash identified

March 23, 2025 7:58 PM Yvonne Suarez

Update (March 25, 2025): The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office says a car was traveling north on Paseo Grande Street and stopped at the intersection…

Driver killed in rollover identified

March 23, 2025 6:25 AM Paul Schulz

Update (March 24, 2025): El Paso Police just identified the driver who died as Christopher Adrian Martinez, 31. Investigators say Martinez lost…

Man killed in hit-and-run identified

March 22, 2025 2:42 PM Emma Hoggard

Update (March 24, 2025): El Paso Police identified the pedestrian as Jesus Fernando Perez, 52. Police say Perez was crossing at North Loop at La…

19-year-old dead in Northwest El Paso crash

March 22, 2025 2:57 AM Paul Schulz

Update (March 24, 2025): El Paso Police say the person who died was a 19-year-old man. They are still working to identify him. Update: A spokesperson…

FedEx vehicle rolls over in East El Paso

March 24, 2025 2:59 PM Emma Hoggard

Update: One person suffered minor injuries and emergency crews took him or her to the hospital. Three others were evaluated at the scene but declined…

15 year old teen boy is 4th arrest in Las Cruces Mass Shooting

March 23, 2025 2:10 AM Paul Schulz

UPDATE: 4:18 p.m.: A fourth arrest has been made in the shooting that left more than a dozen injured and 3 dead in Las Cruces. Sunday afternoon Las…

Las Cruces Mass Shooting: 3 killed, 15 injured, 2 suspects arrested

March 22, 2025 12:01 AM Paul Schulz, ABC News, Emma Hoggard

Update: ABC-7 has obtained the arrest photo of 20-year-old Tomas Rivas. Dona Ana County records show Rivas was arrested in Las Cruces at 2:50 a.m.…

Fire erupts at truck stop in Anthony, TX

March 21, 2025 7:23 AM Isabel Garcia, Nicole Ardila

UPDATE: 25 people were in the building at the time the fire erupted, according to the Anthony Police Chief. The building is combined Flying J Travel…

Xavier Rodriguez apprehended in El Paso

March 21, 2025 2:20 PM KVIA ABC-7

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Sheriff deputies apprehended Xavier Angel Rodriguez, 21, because he was wanted for three counts of multiple…

Student injured during elementary school drop-off

March 21, 2025 1:44 PM Emma Hoggard, Lauren Bly

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A spokesperson with El Paso ISD confirmed to ABC-7 that a student sustained minor injuries during school drop-off this…

JOBE conducts ‘controlled’ explosion on westside, more expected soon

March 21, 2025 11:13 AM KVIA ABC-7

Update: EPFD officials say that JOBE confirmed they set off the controlled explosion. They advised they will be conducting more in the near future.…

Four fires in Las Cruces in 16 hours

March 20, 2025 6:23 PM Emma Hoggard

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Las Cruces firefighters put out four fires in a 16-hour period, officials say. Beginning at 1:20 PM Wednesday, March…

Teens charged with illegal dumping

March 20, 2025 2:56 PM KVIA ABC-7

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 17-year-old Hector Munoz and 18-year-old Michael Ortiz are charged with illegal dumping. Sheriff deputies saw them dumping…

Fatal shooting in Fabens

March 20, 2025 8:09 AM Carter Diggs

FABENS, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Sheriff’s Office and Texas Rangers are investigating an overnight shooting on 125 Mezcla in Fabens, Texas,…

Hazmat Spill on Doniphan at Artcraft

March 19, 2025 5:23 PM Emma Hoggard

Update (5:36 PM): A spokesperson for the El Paso Fire Department says that the incident was an oil spill. The spill has since been cleaned and the…

Driver killed in Sean Haggerty crash identified

March 18, 2025 3:44 PM Paul Schulz

Update (March 19, 2025): El Paso police just identified the driver who died as Kentate Lamon Hubbard, 45. Police say that Hubbard was traveling south…

Horizon PD make arrest in ‘refund scam’

March 19, 2025 12:02 PM KVIA ABC-7

HORIZON CITY, Texas (KVIA) — Horizon City Police arrested Miguel Arturo Escobar Garcia, 48, and charged him with theft greater than or equal to…

Motorcyclist killed in crash identified

March 5, 2025 4:49 PM Emma Hoggard

Update (March 18, 2025): El Paso Police just identified the motorcyclist as Emmanuel Parra, 26. Police officials say that Parra died of his injuries.…

Semi rolls over on US-54 onramp

March 18, 2025 11:26 AM Emma Hoggard, Nicole Ardila

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A semi truck rollover on the ramp from the Border Highway to US-54 North closed down the roads for hours while El Paso…

2 children injured after winds pick up bounce house in Las Cruces

March 17, 2025 9:32 AM KVIA ABC-7, Iris Garcia Barron

Update (March 17, 2025): According to a spokesperson for the Las Cruces Fire and Police Department, a bounce house was lifted by strong winds…

Texas man killed by train in Fabens

March 16, 2025 2:07 PM Lauren Bly

Update (March 17, 2025): A spokesperson for the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office identified the pedestrian as Salazar Samson Zenas, 24, from Uvalde,…

2 hospitalized in Far East El Paso crash

March 15, 2025 4:58 AM Paul Schulz

Update: El Paso Fire Department confirmed 2 people were taken to the hospital. One person suffered life-threatening injuries. Another person suffered…