{"id":448879,"date":"2026-09-27T00:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T00:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/448879\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T00:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T00:04:08","slug":"public-asked-to-help-id-suspect-after-handgun-stolen-from-vehicle-in-east-el-paso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/448879\/","title":{"rendered":"Public asked to help ID suspect after handgun stolen from vehicle in East El Paso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 Crime Stoppers of El Paso and the El Paso Police Department are asking for the public\u2019s help identifying a man suspected of burglarizing a vehicle and stealing a handgun in East El Paso.<\/p>\n<p>According to Crime Stoppers, the burglary happened at about 3:46 a.m. Sunday, May 31, at the Walgreens located at 1831 Lee Trevino Drive.<\/p>\n<p>The victim and three other people entered the store while the suspect reportedly exited the business and approached the vehicle the victim was riding in.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators say the suspect opened the vehicle\u2019s back door and stole a Taurus GX2 handgun that had been left inside.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect is described as a White or Hispanic man in his 30s with a medium or large build. Investigators say he had a mustache and beard and was wearing a gray or tan baseball cap, dark hooded sweatshirt, dark pants and athletic shoes.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was captured on security video.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators believe someone may recognize the man and know his identity.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of El Paso at 566-8477 (TIPS)<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/local\/three-in-custody-after-dps-pursuit-on-i-10-near-horizon ?scr=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Three in custody after police chase on I-10 out near Fabens ends in a rollover<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 Crime Stoppers of El Paso and the El Paso Police Department are asking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-448879","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\/448879","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=448879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}