Shelby Montgomery
ABC-7 News
El Paso, TX, United States
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Texas senate approves legislation to cap cost of insulin
AUSTIN, Texas -- The Texas Senate has approved a bill to cap the cost of insulin copays at $25. The bill would reduce and cap the cost of insulin co-pays for each prescription per month for insured Texans on state-regulated health plans. Sen. César Blanco joint authored the bipartisan bill Senate Bill 827 by Chair of → Read More
El Paso Children's Hospital receives $100,000 donation from Kickpin brothers
El PASO, Texas -- An exiting day for the El Paso Children's hospital after receiving a $100,000 donation from the Kickpin Foundation. The name might sound familiar. Drew and Jamie Frank opening up the sneaker shop in 2017 as teenagers. Since then, the business has thrived and the brothers have been able to give back → Read More
Borderland gun shops see ammunition shortage
EL PASO, Texas — Gun sales have soared during the past year and now Borderland gun shops report seeing a shortage of ammunition. Data shows merchants sold more than 2 million firearms in January of this year, a 75% increase over the estimated 1.2 million guns sold in January of 2020. And since a gun → Read More
Watch LIVE: Congresswoman Escobar responds to GOP tour in El Paso of border 'crisis'
EL PASO, Texas -- Republican U.S. House leaders toured the Texas-Mexico border in El Paso on Monday, calling the current immigration situation "a crisis." U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy led the 13-member congressional delegation's visit. Those Republicans say the Biden administration is creating a security and humanitarian crisis through lax immigration policies. “On the → Read More
DACC offering short-term classes for adults left jobless during Covid-19 pandemic
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico -- Tens of thousands of people have lost their jobs during the pandemic, the majority of those are women over the age of 50. Dona Ana Community College President Monica Torres said women have been impacted disproportionately. "Part of what is reflected is generations of disparities that now Covid has made → Read More
Sunland Park man left with nothing after makeshift apartment burns to the ground in fire
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico -- It was Wednesday morning and Alejandro Roman was making his coffee in a shed turned into his makeshift apartment. He left to go downtown and came back to his home in ashes. Roman told ABC-7 he lost everything in the fire, his clothes, his food, his tools, his bed and → Read More
El Paso County Commissioners consider economic relief fund for small businesses
EL PASO, Texas -- Thousands of businesses have closed and thousands of people have lost their job during the pandemic. Recently, County judge Ricardo Samaniego issued a shutdown order for two weeks, which was tossed out by an appeals court as he sought to appeal it. The shutdown forced non-essential businesses to close their doors. → Read More
'B Warm' campaign donating hundreds of blankets to El Pasoans in need
EL PASO, Texas -- The Braden Aboud Memorial Foundation has been keeping El Paso warm through the 'B Warm" campaign since 2007. In the last 15 years, the foundation has raised 40,000 blankets to those in need. The campaign was created after Braden Aboud's sudden death during a skiing accident. "Braden always had such a → Read More
More than 1,000 turkeys given away at Operation Hope's drive-thru event
EL PASO, Texas -- Hundreds of cars lined up along Delta Drive Saturday for Operation Hope's annual turkey giveaway. More than 1,000 turkeys were donated for the event, which is 500 more than last year. Founder of Operation Hope, Angel Gomez, said the need is apparent: "In talking to some of the people and some → Read More
'It boils my blood': Man accuses El Paso woman of hitting elderly mother
EL PASO, Texas -- A man from Deming, New Mexico is accusing his friend of abusing hit 92-year-old mother. Cruz Guerrero told ABC-7 he left his mother, who has dementia in the care of his friend. Guerrero's mother stayed with the woman at her El Paso home. Last Wednesday, Guerrero said he was in El → Read More
Las Cruces police investigate attack on gay couple; victims seek hate crime charge
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico -- It was Saturday night when Lucas Rosales and his boyfriend were holding hands walking out of the Pic Quik on Amador when two other men started the attack. "As I approached my car, there were two dudes yelling out , you guys are weird, we don't appreciate that get out → Read More
El Paso family performs 23 acts of kindness for shooting anniversary
EL PASO, Texas -- Kneeling on the sidewalk, pants covered in chalk, the Brown family wrote words of encouragement for the residents at the Bartlett Assisted Living Center Monday afternoon. "We're spreading kindness and making a difference," said Amalie Brown, the oldest of the four kids. Amalie and her three siblings, Ethan, Adele and Evan, → Read More
Business booming for El Paso air conditioning firms during extreme heat wave
EL PASO, Texas -- It's been more than a week of daily triple-digit temperatures in the Borderland, and while many are lucky to work inside an air-conditioned building -- others aren't. Despite the extreme heat, many still have a job to do and for HVAC companies, they have air conditioners to repair. "I mean everybody → Read More
Racing to end Alzheimer's tour rolls through El Paso
EL PASO, Texas -- The Racing to End Alzheimer's BMW M4 stopped in El Paso Saturday as it makes its way from coast to coast. The BMW left Daytona Beach Friday and is headed to Monterey, California. The group calls it "an impossible-to-miss black and purple BMW covered with more than 80 names of people → Read More
I-10 at Executive closed in both directions all day Saturday
EL PASO, Texas -- As a part of a 26-hour closure, Interstate 10 at Executive Center will be closed in both directions until early Sunday morning. The closure started at 4 a.m. Saturday and is expected to run until Sunday at 6 a.m. If you are travelling east on I-10, exit at Sunland Park and → Read More
Crash triggers partial closure of I-10 east at Geronimo
EL PASO, Texas -- A crash on Interstate 10 eastbound at Geronimo caused a partial closure of I-10 on Saturday morning. Officials said two vehicles were involved, including a semi, around 7:30 a.m. Two ambulances were dispatched to the scene, but it's unclear if there are any injuries. Authorities advise to avoid the area and seek an alternate route. → Read More
'Suicidal individual' dead in shoot-out with Socorro police
SOCORRO, Texas -- A gun battle between Socorro police and a "suicidal individual" late Friday night ended with the man's death, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office said Saturday. The shoot-out happened in the 10900 block of Burt Road around 10:20 p.m. after police responded to a call of a "suicidal individual in possession of → Read More
Former UTEP basketball star stuck in Italy during coronavirus lockdown
PISTOIA, Italy -- Italy announced a country-wide lockdown on Monday impacting more than 60 million people, among them is former UTEP star basketball player Randy Culpepper. The country-wide lockdown comes after a total of 463 people have died so far from the Coronavirus in Italy. ABC-7 got an exclusive interview with former UTEP basketball player → Read More
Red light camera equipment still on El Paso streets months after being outlawed in Texas
EL PASO, Texas -- It’s been almost seven months since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott banned so-called red light cameras in Texas. Now, after a six-month “wind-up” agreement between the city of El Paso and Redlfex Traffic Systems, those lights are supposed to be coming down. Texas House Bill 1631 was signed into law on June → Read More
Trial begins for woman accused of stabbing, killing boyfriend with tattoo needle
The trial began Monday for the woman accused of stabbing and killing her boyfriend. → Read More