El Paso police detectives have made an arrest in the stabbing death of a 63-year-old man on Texas Avenue last week.
Ivan Gabaldon, 20, was arrested on a murder charge Sunday in the killing of Juan Garcia Flores, police officials said Tuesday.
Gabaldon is being held at the El Paso County Jail in Downtown under a $1 million bond.
Garcia Flores was found slain on the morning of Feb. 23 when patrol officers were sent to check on a person s well-being at a light fixtures building at 1710 Texas Ave. near Downtown, police said. Investigators determined that both men walked into the building together and after an encounter there, Gabaldon stabbed Flores, a police news release stated.
Cold weather death victim identified
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UPDATED: Coroner identifies homeless man who froze to death near downtown Shreveport
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A man is found dead in a vacant building on Texas Avenue in Shreveport overnight.
Police responded to the scene where the man was found deceased. The official cause of death has not yet been determined, but the low temperature was 6° on Monday night which is dangerously low.
The record low for February 15th in Shreveport was 21° which we set in 1905.
Tuesday morning, the temperature dipped to 2°. The record low for February 16th is 20° set back in 1903.
But we still haven t matched The coldest February Low recorded is -5 on Feb 12, 1899, followed by -3 on February 13, 1899, -2 on January 18, 1930.
Local officials are urging the homeless population to seek shelter. The Salvation Army has set up cots in the gym for anyone who needs shelter.