{"id":443586,"date":"2026-09-22T02:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T02:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/443586\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T02:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T02:20:12","slug":"murder-in-east-el-paso-triggers-police-chase-40-year-old-suspect-in-custody-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/443586\/","title":{"rendered":"Murder in East El Paso triggers police chase; 40-year-old suspect in custody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 A 40-year-old man is in custody in connection with the murder of a 32-year-old man in East El Paso after a high-speed chase ended in a rollover in Horizon City.<\/p>\n<p>According to the El Paso Police Department, a 32-year-old was shot and killed at the 1700 block of Charlie Smith Drive at around 6 a.m. in an incident that investigators are calling &#8220;family-related.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said that after getting 911 calls regarding a shooting, officers responded to the scene hearing that a person had left in a Dodge pickup truck.<\/p>\n<p>An alert was sent to all law enforcement agencies in the area and an EPPD officer reportedly spotted the truck in Central El Paso.<\/p>\n<p>Police said this triggered a pursuit that involved troopers with the Texas Department of Public Safety.<\/p>\n<p>The chase came to an end at around 10:30 a.m. in Horizon City, in the area of Maravillas Street and Desierto Bueno Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Video from the scene appears to show the suspect&#8217;s vehicle on its side, suggesting that it rolled over.   <\/p>\n<p>The popular social media account <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/therealfitfamelpaso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@therealfitfamelpaso<\/a> shared videos from the chase.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p><p>Police pursuit ends in a rollover in Horizon City. Sept. 21, 2026. Credit: FitFam<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Below, a spokesperson for EPPD shared the first information regarding the murder:<\/p>\n<p><p>EPPD spokesperson shares update on murder scene in East El Paso. Sept. 21, 2026. Credit: KFOX14\/CBS4<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story; check back for updates.<\/p>\n<p>EPPD believes the community at large is not in danger.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/local\/hudspeth-county-inmate-says-el-paso-rim-road-double-murder-suspect-confessed-in-jail-talk?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hudspeth County inmate says El Paso Rim Road double-murder suspect confessed in jail talk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/local\/person-airlifted-with-serious-injuries-after-anthony-semi-suv-crash?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Person airlifted with serious injuries after Anthony semi-SUV crash<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 A 40-year-old man is in custody in connection with the murder of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-443586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}