{"id":441179,"date":"2026-09-19T16:14:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/441179\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T16:14:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:14:53","slug":"3-arrested-in-double-murder-at-west-el-paso-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/441179\/","title":{"rendered":"3 arrested in double murder at West El Paso park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EL PASO, Texas (<a data-ylk=\"slk:KTSM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">KTSM<\/a>) &#8212; Three people, including a teenager, have been arrested and are facing capital murder charges in last week&#8217;s double murder at a West El Paso park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police say they have arrested Manuel Candedo, 17, of Fort Hancock; Jose Emmanuel Saldana, 19, of Fort Hancock; and Jesus Ivan Lopez, 20, of El Paso.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Manuel Canedo\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"576\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ktsm_articles_153\/8d462c3140ee395bc163914eb0fd6600.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:2 men identified after deadly shooting at El Paso&#039;s Tom Lea Park;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\/news\/local-news\/investigation-underway-after-shooting-near-tom-lea-park\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a02 men identified after deadly shooting at El Paso&#8217;s Tom Lea Park\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They were arrested with assistance from the El Paso Police Police Department&#8217;s Gang Unit, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Rangers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At about 3:40 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, police responded to Upper Tom Lea Park, along the 900 block of Rim Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There, they found two 20-year-old men &#8212; Joshua Michael Himes and Francisco Javier Ignacio &#8212; dead on the roadway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During the investigation, the Crimes Against Persons Unit learned that a group of people were drinking at the park when an altercation broke out between the victims and the suspects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The suspects shot the victims and then fled the scene in a vehicle, El Paso Police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. 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