{"id":66242,"date":"2025-11-26T17:52:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T17:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/66242\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T17:52:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T17:52:12","slug":"hit-and-run-suspect-arrested-after-desert-chase-in-el-paso-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/66242\/","title":{"rendered":"Hit-and-run suspect arrested after desert chase in El Paso County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 A 20-year-old Horizon City resident was arrested after attempting to evade deputies in a hit-and-run incident on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies arrested Angel Gallardo.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies spotted a dark Cadillac Escalade matching the suspect vehicle&#8217;s description on S. Darrington Road. <\/p>\n<p>The driver ignored traffic stop signals and fled into the desert, where the vehicle collided with a dirt berm. <\/p>\n<p>Gallardo then fled on foot but was apprehended without further incident. <\/p>\n<p>Sheriff Oscar Ugarte emphasized the department&#8217;s commitment to safety, stating, &#8220;If you choose to run from our deputies, we will catch you.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Gallardo faces multiple charges and is held on a $15,500 bond at the El Paso County Detention Facility.<\/p>\n<p><p>Hit-and-run suspect arrested after desert chase in El Paso County (credit: EPCSO)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/local\/two-men-apprehended-attempting-illegal-border-crossing-under-border-highway-bridge?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Two men apprehended attempting illegal border crossing under Border Highway bridge<\/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 A 20-year-old Horizon City resident was arrested after attempting to evade deputies in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-66242","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\/66242","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=66242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}