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Good Morning El Paso: 04.30.15

“and unfortunately, the other officer was forced to fire his duty handgun…” an officer-involved shooting leaves one man in critical condition. we have the latest on the investigation. “we young, we strong, w marching all night long….” meanwhile… protests continue nationwide over the death of freddie gray — the man who died in police custody. why protestors will still have to wait for answers over his death. and back here in the borderland — the investigation continues into a crash involving that shut down 1-10 for hours overnight. we have your round the clock coverage. several people are in the hospital this morning after a multi-vehicle crash that shut down 1-10 for hours. take a look at that video. this happened at i-10 east at hawkins around 10. we do know at least two people suffered serious injuries. you can see here that one of the cars was in pretty bad shape. still no word this morning what led to the crash. special traffic investigators were on the scene all night. let’s go now to a live look at that area. traffic has since reopened as the scene has cleared. good morning el paso, las cruces, and juarez. i’m stephanie valle. and i’m hillary floren. good morning. we have much to get to this morning, including the latest on an officer- involved shooting. to our round the clock coverage now… a ten-year-veteran of the el paso police department is on administrative leave this morning after he was involved in a shooting last night. it happened on the 300 block jesuit drive in el paso’s lower valley. police say the officer was responding to an alleged home burglary. good morning el paso’s denise olivas is live on the scene with what led up to the shooting. denise? a police spokesman was out here overnight to give our crew the latest details. we’re told when that two officers arrived and found a 22-year-old man who police say was breaking into the home. the suspect allegedly threatened officers. we don’t know if he had some sort of weapon, but it was enough for one of the officers to take out a taser and use it on the suspect– but that wasn’t enough. police say that’s when the 10-year- veteran fired his gun. that suspect was taken to a local hospital. right now we don’t know the severity of his injuries. “this is going to be a detailed investigation. Uh, we are still talking to witnesses and things like that, and I’m going to be very limited on the we are still talking to witnesses and things like that, and I’m going to be very limited on the information i can give right now. We need to make sure the information we get from witnesses is information that they saw or heard themselves, and not what they may have heard me say on tv.” typically we see investigators out here for several hours when an officer is involved. this did happen in a residential area and traffic should not be affected. live in the lower valley, do, abc-7. to stormtrack weather now! this is a live look outside this thursday morning courtesy of our abc-7 mountain cam. good morning! just like yesterday, today we started off with our temps nice in the 40s and 50s. around 9 am we’ll still see temps into the mid to upper 50s. those temps wills tart to rise to the mid 70s by your lunch time and by mid afternoon we’ll see a high of 84 degrees in el paso! today we’re seeing clear sky conditions to kick off the morning. just like yesterday this will be a constant in the forecast with sunshine all day long! another constant? that will be the winds, which will only gust to 20 mph. the winds will pick up later this weekend. we’ll discuss that coming up! across the country this morning, we are seeing the growing support and solidarity — sparked by the death of freddie gray. thousands of people marched through baltimore and other cities around the nation — including boston and indianapolis. abc’s bazi kani has the latest developing now. pkg nats – Baltimore march “n racist police” stil taking to the streets — their demands for justice. mos – protestor “We stand as a nation! We fight for our rights!” protests against the alleged police assault on freddie gray who died of a fractured spine after his arrest… spreading from baltimore’s city hall … to the steps of the white house… nats – White House protest “This is what democracy looks like!” …to new york city, where police arrested protestors blocking traffic. nats – police at nyc march “Gotta get on the sidewalk!” but back i baltimore– peace prevailed on a second night of curfew… enforced by 2-thousand national guard troops and a thousand police officers. .. after the city erupted monday into rioting, looting, and arson. sot Gov. Larry Hogan, Maryland “People are picking up bags and brooms and cleaning up. Parents are keeping kids at home and off the streets.” nats symphony the baltimore symphony playing an outdoor concert as calm returns to the city. but precautions still in place; the stands empty wednesday at camden yards. nats – Orioles game a major league baseball game closed to the public for the first time ever. and that mother seen in this viral video — angrily going after her son after seeing him in the crowd with a rock — says her teen has learned a humbling lesson. sot Toya Graham, Mother “i trust that he’ll understand at the end what i did was not for the cameras , but was for the love that i have for him.” Protestors will have to keep waiting for answers about how Freddie Gray got hurt. Baltimore police are expected to hand over their preliminary findings to the state attorneys office tomorrow. But the details will not be made public. Bazi Kanani, abc News, Baltimore, Maryland. five days after the devastating earthquake in nepal — rescue crews still haven’t stopped their mission to find survivors. the death toll from the quake earthquake in nepal — rescue crews still haven’t stopped their mission to find survivors. the death toll from the quake is now more than 55-hundred. many people there are desperate for aid, saying they haven’t gotten any help. more planes carrying aid arrived yesterday …but government officials say they still urgently need more. they’re asking half-a-million tents to provide shelter to what is a huge number of people displaced amid the devastation. in the mountains north of the city, crews evacuate survivors. the army found a belgian couple taking shelter in one of the few standing buildings in langtang: ” “When you see entire villages that you saw the previous day were still standing now just covered in snow, and you know how fast everything went and you know that this entire place is just a graveyard and it hits you.” meanwhile…. nepal’s government is encouraging people to go ahead with their plans to climb mount everest. officials plan to re-open the routes up the avalanche- striken mountain as early as next week. “people talking … and take a look at this amazing video. six days after he was buried alive in the earthquake, this teen here was found alive. the 18-year was found in the rubble of a nine- story building. as rescue crews pulled him out, the teen cried out loud for water during the 5- hour rescue operation. crowds gathered and cheered: “Today is amazing. This is what we do. This is the thousands of hours that we as search and rescue members representing the United States of America. We do that. That is what we do it for. It is amazing that us government has sent us across the world to help people in need. And we are here actually to help the people. it is an amazing feeling” the teen seemed dazed, but okay. back here in the borderland — one student at mountain view high school got quite the surprise in her veggies during lunch: “oh no, my kids are eating this silence…oh..” she says she found these bugs seen here in her broccoli. it’s a story you’ll see only on abc-7. and the f-b-i director made a stop in the sun city. what he had to say about the rumors of is setting up camp across the border. but first — your forecast. meteorologist krystal klei has a look at how the weekend is shaping up. krystal… and this is abc-7, where news comes first!

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