EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One person was taken to the hospital after a shooting in West El Paso early Sunday morning. It happened at the 5200 block of North Mesa St. According to officials the person suffered serious injuries. Police have not said the cause of the shooting or if a suspect is in
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One person has been taken to the hospital after a shooting in northeast El Paso. According to police, the shooting took place early Saturday morning at the 4550 block of Hercules Avenue. We are working to learn more information about this shooting, and we have a crew on the way
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Police Department and Crime Stoppers of El Paso are asking for the community’s help in locating a couple that they say broke into and stole over $19,000 worth of merchandise from a West El Paso shoe store. Police said the burglary happened shortly after 2 a.m. on
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Crime Stoppers of El Paso are asking for any tips related to last weekend’s house party shooting that left two teens dead. Police say a teen homecoming party that took place at a Vrbo rental house at 12300 Tierra Inca Dr. turned deadly just after 1 a.m. last Sunday. They say someone
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Update: The jury has found Galvan guilty of murder and of aggravated assault. The court ordered the jury to return tomorrow. ABC-7 is working to learn when the sentencing will happen. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The defense team for a man accused in a 2017 deadly shooting rested its case, then was allowed to
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El Paso, TEXAS (KVIA) — A man accused of murder took the stand Wednesday in his own defense. Moises Galvan is accused of shooting and killing RJ Franco, 22, outside a bar in east El Paso in January of 2017. This is his second trial, after the first ended in a mistrial in 2019. On Tuesday,
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Update: Socorro Independent School District officials tell ABC-7 that Worthington was a student at Pebble Hills High School. Hernandez graduated from Options High School. Update September 20, 2023: El Paso Police now say that two people died as a result of the shooting. They identified the two victims as 19-year-old Eliel Omar Bultron Hernandez and
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — A Las Cruces man was found guilty by a jury of sexually assaulting a minor multiple times over several years, according to a Las Cruces District Attorney spokeswoman. The D.A.’s office says Pedro Orrantia was found guilty of two counts of Criminal Sexual Contact of a Minor (a Second
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Originally Published: 18 SEP 23 15:29 ETUpdated: 18 SEP 23 16:07 ETBy Whitney Wild, CNN(CNN) — Ovidio Guzmán López, son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, pleaded not guilty to drug and money laundering charges Monday afternoon. Making his first court appearance since being extradited from Mexico on Friday, Guzmán López wore an
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The second murder trial of an El Paso man accused of shooting another man to death outside of an East El Paso bar in 2017, began Monday morning at 9 a.m. in the 168th District Court. Moises Galvan, who was 19 at the time, was arrested at the scene, which
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The sound of gunshots, followed by a car speeding away, is what many in a Far East El Paso neighborhood woke up to early Sunday morning. Soon after, they would learn that a 19-year-old man was killed, and five others were injured as a result. “It was horrible. I heard the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Nov. 16, 2023 execution date that had been scheduled for David Renteria is no longer on the Texas Department of Criminal Justice calendar, and the department confirmed to ABC-7 that was due to an order issued by the trial court in El Paso County. Renteria was convicted of the
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The City of Juarez started its Campaña Canje de Armas 2023 in August, aiming to decrease violence south of the border. With a budget of nearly $1 million Mexican pesos, officials on all three levels of Mexican government, along with the Chamber of Commerce in Juarez, will pay residents if they
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Originally Published: 04 SEP 23 12:12 ETUpdated: 04 SEP 23 14:58 ETBy Melissa Alonso, CNN(CNN) — Two people are dead, and three others were injured in a shooting at a Birmingham nightclub, according to CNN affiliate WVTM.Shortly afterward, shots were fired at a vehicle arriving at a nearby hospital emergency room, targeting people who may
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In less than 24 hours, two separate shootings have taken place in El Paso. The first shooting took place around 1:32 a.m. Sunday after the El Paso Police Department responded to a shooting at a house party at the 10900 block of Gary Player Dr. Two people were listed in
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — On Tuesday night, 400 members of the Mexican Army’s Special Forces arrived at the border to continue with the government’s Unidos por Juárez strategy. That strategy started in July. Soldiers arrived at the Juarez International Airport to support federal, state and local authorities with safety and security in the city. According
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EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — As natural disasters continue to impact communities across the globe, unfortunately we are seeing the rise of charity fraud scams. The FBI El Paso is warning us to take caution and awareness when it comes to making charitable contributions. Special Agent Jeanette Harper of the FBI offers a critical piece
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Neighborhood Watch was created in the 1970’s. This partnership between residents and law enforcement agencies is aimed at combating the alarming increase in criminal activities. The program encourages active citizen participation to prevent and discourage crime, reduce fear, and enhance overall security. At the heart of Neighborhood Watch is
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Jury selection got underway Monday at the Doña Ana District Court, in the case of a Las Cruces man charged in the 2018 death of a 2-year-old girl known as “Baby Favi.” Faviola Rodriguez was 2 years old in September of 2018 when police responded to an early morning
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 250 stash houses have been found in the El Paso Sector so far this year, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. That includes both drug and human smuggling operations. ABC-7 spoke with a former El Paso Police Deputy Chief and U.S. Marshal to understand trafficking trends, especially those
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Jury selection begins Friday in the case of a man accused of killing another man in a parking lot at the El Paso International Airport. Bernard Walter Christmann, 52, is charged with first-degree murder. He’s been held in the El Paso County Jail on a $1.25 million bond since his arrest on Dec. 3, 2021.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County commissioners unanimously approved funds to start a gun buyback program Monday. This comes after growing concerns over a recent uptick in gun violence among teens and young adults. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, firearms are the leading cause of death in children and youth from
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Police Department and partner agencies announced 112 arrests — including 46 felony arrests — in less than a month as a part of its violent crime suppression operations, according to officials. EPPD worked with the Texas Department of Public Safety and special agents from both the FBI
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The presiding juror of the Facundo Chavez capital murder trial opened up to ABC-7 about the deliberation process. Chavez was found guilty on Aug. 3, 2023 of killing El Paso County Sheriff’s Deputy Peter Herrera during a traffic stop in San Elizario on March 22, 2019. The two-week long trial culminated
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Crime Stoppers of El Paso are asking for your help in locating two men accused of stealing bicycles in west El Paso. The value of the stolen bikes range from $300 to $5,997 and included motorized bicycles. Investigators were able to obtain security camera footage of the two suspects. Photos
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A high-speed DPS pursuit ended in a crash and small fire near the Ysleta Port of Entry Monday morning. DPS officials said that the driver of a white Chevrolet Tahoe did not stop when one of their troopers tried to pull them over for a registration infraction. Instead, the driver
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso man who was accused of killing his mother and beheading her was sentenced to 17 years in prison for manslaughter. Court records confirm Fernando Alarcon pleaded guilty to the lesser charge on July 28. Alarcon was accused of decapitating his mom Graciela Acosta in 2017. Her body was
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Update: El Paso Police say that Gang Units were called out to the shooting. They say the call initially came in as “aggravated assault and family violence in progress.” Police officials add that officers had to search for Hernandez before they arrested him about a block away from the apartment where the shooting happened. Investigators
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The sentencing phase of the Facundo Chavez murder trial began Friday morning at the El Paso County Courthouse. A jury found Chavez guilty on Thursday of the 2019 capital murder of El Paso County Sheriff’s Deputy Peter Herrera. Chavez will either receive life imprisonment with the possibility of parole, or
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Three shootings happened Sunday in Juarez. The first shooting happened outside Juarez’s General Hospital where one hitman was killed and a state police officer and a paramedic were injured, a source told ABC-7. Heavy law enforcement activity was seen in different parts of town looking for the suspects of this shooting.
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