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Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Yahoo
1 dead, 2 arrested after deadly Northeast El Paso stabbing
Two men were arrested after a man was fatally stabbed during a fight that wounded two other men in a Northeast El Paso neighborhood over the weekend, police officials said on Monday, May 12. Hugo Benitez, 35, died at a hospital following a fight that began over an argument among neighbors over loud music by a live band during a family party at a home, police spokesman Officer Adrian Cisneros said in a news release. More: 'Driver inattention' caused fatal crash that killed 2 Marines along New Mexico border, sheriff report states The stabbing occurred shortly after 1 a.m. on Sunday, May 11, when neighbors got into a fight during a family gathering at a home in the 5300 block of Dalton Avenue near Irvin High School, Sgt. Robert Gomez, a police spokesman, said. Ransford Julian Myers, 24, was arrested on a murder charge and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He was jailed on a $2.5 million bond, police stated. Michael Gary Myers, 56, was arrested on two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and jailed on a $500,000 bond on each count, police stated. Both men remain incarcerated at the El Paso County Jail in Downtown. Neither man has an attorney listed for them in online court records. A live band was playing at the home during a family party on Mother's Day weekend when Ransford and Michael Myers entered the property to confront the homeowners about the noise and a fight broke out, the police news release stated. Benitez, Rafael De La Rosa, 31, and Raul Barrios, 36, all of Northeast El Paso, were stabbed during the fight, police said. Two of the wounded were transported to a hospital and one person was treated at the scene and released, Gomez said. The arrests were made following an investigation by detectives with the Crimes Against Persons Unit. Daniel Borunda may be reached at dborunda@ and @BorundaDaniel on X. This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: 1 dead, 2 arrested after fatal Northeast El Paso stabbing
Yahoo
17-02-2025
- Yahoo
3 injured in shooting in South-Central El Paso neighborhood
El Paso police detectives are investigating a shooting in a South-Central neighborhood that sent three people to the hospital, police said. Unsolved mysteries: Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre, remains unsolved 35 years later The shooting occurred about 5:45 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, in the area of Seville Drive and Sambrano Avenue, police said. Three people were transported to a hospital in undisclosed condition. An investigation by detectives with the Crimes Against Persons Unit continued Sunday night. Further information on the shooting was not immediately available. The location where the shooting was reported in the Sambrano neighborhood near Ascarate Park is near the spot where a cellphone video of an El Paso police officer pulling a gun out on a rowdy group of boys went viral nationwide in 2018. An internal police investigation found no wrongdoing on the part of the officer. This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: El Paso shooting wounds 3 in Sambrano area of South-Central
