El Paso crime briefs: I-10 freeway chase. Dog shot by police. West Side carjacking.
Javier Antonio Monzon, 32, of El Paso, was wanted in New Mexico in connection with a robbery and an aggravated fleeing charge, stated a sheriff's news release by spokeswoman Priscilla I. Contreras.
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El Paso County sheriff's deputies joined the pursuit about 5:30 a.m. Friday, July 25, when New Mexico State Police and Anthony, New Mexico, police were pursuing Monzon in a vehicle heading east on Interstate 10, which crossed the state line into Texas, sheriff's officials said.
Sheriff's deputies and Precinct 1 Constable deputies assisted in stopping the vehicle on I-10 East near the Eastlake exit, sheriff's officials stated.
Monzon was arrested on a felony charge of evading arrest in a vehicle and remains held on a $100,000 bond at the El Paso County Jail in Downtown as of Monday, July 28. He faces extradition to New Mexico.
Dog shot by El Paso police, officer bitten
A dog was fatally shot after biting an El Paso police officer during a family disturbance at a Lower Valley home last week, a police spokesman confirmed.
The officer-involved shooting took place about 6 p.m. on July 22 when police responded to a "verbal domestic violence call" in the 8800 block of Joe Kennedy Way, Officer Adrian Cisneros, a police spokesman, stated in an email.
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An officer was bitten by a dog and fired his gun, killing the animal. The breed of dog was not specified in the police report, Cisneros said.
The officer was treated at a hospital for the dog bite, the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT, the union that legally represents police, said on a post on X.
Crime of the Week: Shotgun-armed carjackers take vehicle
El Paso police seek to identify two men who used a shotgun in a carjacking on the West Side last month. The unsolved case is Crime Stoppers of El Paso's Crime of the Week.
The victims allowed the two men into a car — a light blue 2008 Chrysler 300 — for unspecified reasons before the men brandished a shotgun and ordered them out of the car at 3 p.m. on June 19 at the intersection of El Camino Drive and Glendora Lane near Resler Drive, Crime Stoppers liaison Sgt. Javier Sambrano said in a news release. The carjackers left in the Chrysler.
Crime Stoppers said that investigators discovered one of the suspects was captured on security camera footage at a nearby convenience store. He was described as 5 feet, 10 inches tall, about 190 pounds with a medium build and a goatee. He wore a Mexico soccer jersey and blue basketball shorts.
The second man, who was wearing a hot pink T-shirt and denim shorts, was about the same height but was described as overweight with a beard and a tattoo on his right arm.
Anyone who can identify the carjackers may anonymously call Crime Stoppers of El Paso at 915-566-8477 (TIPS) or leave a tip online at cselpaso.org. Tipsters could be eligible for a cash reward if information leads to an arrest.
Daniel Borunda may be reached at dborunda@elpasotimes.com and @BorundaDaniel on X.
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