Good Morning El Paso: 08.05.15

one person is dead after a shooting in central el paso –we’ll have the latest in a live report from our round the clock news team. / also–in light of the recent church explosions in las cruces–residents came out last night to take part in the national campaign— aimed at making communities stronger and safer. ” we are looking for waller county and the individuals involved to take accountability. the family is frustrated and feel that that has not happened.” plus–new details in the case of sandra bland—her family has officially filed a lawsuit against the arresting officer. and — this morning we now know who made the cut to be on stage for the first republican presidential debate. it’s your voice your vote. / a very good morning el paso, las cruces, and juarez. and i’m hillary floren. . we’ll get to our round the clock news coverage out of central el paso in just a bit but first … a live look at stormtrack doppler radar is showing… currently around our region… here’s your day planner for today… expect skies, winds and temperatures in the by 8 am, by noon and for your drive home around 5 pm. we’ll talk more about what to expect for the rest of this work week and the weekend ahead coming up in your full forecast. developing now out of central el paso. el paso police are at the scene of what they are calling a homicide. the investigation is still happening right now near the intersection of cassidy and van buren in central el paso. that’s where we find good morning el paso’s denise olivas with the latest on this developing story… denise? as of right now police have not said if a suspects or suspects are in custody or if there is a search underway. this area is expected to be closed off for several hours and will impact those who use the cassidy gate to get onto fort bliss. if you are heading south on us 54, the cassidy exit is closed off right now. let’s get to our video from our round the clock crew. this is what we know so far– police responded to the shots fired and when they arrived they found an unresponsive man. we’ve learned that man was rushed to the hospital and has since died. the man has not been identified. police have closed off a large perimeter. our photographer captured police marking shell casings on the ground. our new mexico mobile newsroom got a hold of video from the mass at holy cross. take a look… the explosion outside the church happened during the eucharistic prayer. police arrived and asked everyone to get out. the bishop of the las cruces diocese praised the efforts of first responders … and asked las crucens to pray for whomever is behind the attacks. our new mexico mobile newsroom is staying on top of this story. evidence collected from the scene is being reviewed by the f-b-1. in light of sunday’s attack on those two las cruces churches, the national night out event last night was a chance for community members to meet their local law enforcement officials out new mexico mobile newsroom saw residents aren’t fearful and they want to show their support for authorities kids got free fingerprints and identification cards. they also checked out how things work with the las cruces swat team and bomb squad. las cruces resident michelle williams says she says she hopes the event helps her grandkids feel safe in their community. michelle williams 1:00 were out here and get to see each other and know that not to be afraid to be out in public like this even with the recent bombings you know you never know whats going to happen but you can’t be afraid to come out national night out is a nationwide event that promotes police community partnership and crime awareness. the family of sandra bland filed a lawsuit against the trooper who arrested her. the family and their attorney said at a news conference that the reason for the lawsuit is that they have not received answers to questions they have asked about bland’s death. the attorney for the family wants waller county and the individuals involved to be accountable. sandra’s mother spoke at the news conference and said she is confident her daughter did not want to kill herself. “”i am still confident in th fact that she knew enough about jesus that she would not take herself out. anything is possible, i wasn’t there, but as a mother, my instincts are telling me that she did not do that” a personnel file on the trooper showed he did not have any long-standing problems on the job and was newly hired. he was called courteous on a job performance review. el paso police are looking for man who robbed and carjacked and elderly man in broad daylight! it happened just before two o’clock yesterday afternoon in an alley on the , 4- hundred block of paisano drive. police say a hispanic man between 19 and 23 years old pulled out a knife and robbed a 76-year-old man… taking his wallet. the robber then took off in the victim’s minivan. investigators were on the scene for a couple of hours. our camera was rolling as investigators took fingerprints and searched the alleyway for clues. if you saw anything, call police. police also need your help finding a missing elderly woman. they say 84- year old mary howard was last seen walking out of her foster home tuesday morning on the 18-hundred block of dean martin in east el paso. howard was wearing her glasses — a short sleeve white shirt and brown pants. police say she suffers from dementia and may be in danger. if you’ve seen her or know where she is — call 9-1-1. this morning, we know who’s in and who’s out. the stage is now set for the first republican presidential debate with room for only 10 candidates. abc’s bazi kani is in washington with the latest on campaign 2016./ this is the starting line, according to analysts, and ==gfx== these are the ten republican candidates who have reached it. with the highest poll numbers,==gfx=== donald trump will take center at the first g-o-p debate. ==gfx==jeb bush and scott walker beside him. ==gfx== for the seven republican candidates who didn’t make the cut… the consolation prize is a separate forum four hours earlier… not likely to get much attention. ==vo== while donald trump has claimed he will not practice for the debate… analysts believe the other candidates will be well prepared to take on trump head-on. something they refused to do monday night at a forum in new hampshire that trump skipped. and while trump has refused to back away from any of his controversial remarks… jeb bush is yet again clarifying comments he claims were mispoken . ==sot sot – jeb bush / presidential candidate “i’m not sure we need half a billion dollars for women’s health issues.” bush said he was referring only to funding for planned parenthood… but only after democratic front- runner hillary clinton shot back on twitter: ” you are absolutely unequivocally wrong.” ==sot clinton== i’m reading this because i want to quote it exactly. taking his comment word for word to the campaing trail. ==sot===hillary clinton/ presidential candidate “now he’ got no problem giving billions of dollars away to super wealthy and powerful corporations, but i guess women’s health just isn’t a priority for him.” at thursday’s debate, the candidates will definitely take aim at clinton, but analysts say how they go after trump is more important. they believe the exchanges with him could lead to important moments in the debate. now it’s time to take a look at the tx-dot traffic cams… still much more to come here on good morning el paso– including yet another delay on the long awaited san jacinto plaza—when the expected completion is now. / plus—its been over a week that fire crews have been trying to contain the fires along the west coast and now their calling for mandatory evacuations. / meteorologist krystal klei has your detailed forecast. krystal… and this is abc-7, where news comes first!