Several people are hurt after a shooting in Yuma late Saturday night. Yuma police say they got a report of an aggravated assault at a gathering just before 11 p.m. Saturday. When officers arrived, they found several people hurt. All told, seven people are being treated at hospitals in the area for possible gunshot wounds, according to police. The extent of the injuries are not known at this point. No one is in custody in connection with the shooting at this point. Police believe there is no remaining threat to the community. The investigation into the shooting is ongoing ..read more

One by one, busses bound for Phoenix are loaded. Migrants are catching flights at Sky Harbor to stay with family in other cities. They may be headed for different places, but they're all facing the same unfamiliar, uncertain future as they begin their quest for asylum just like Celso Diaz, who've come from Peru with two small children. "My daughter was saying to me, 'where are we going, Dad?'" said Diaz. "I told her we are going to a new place where can start all over again." That fresh start is what is motivating many of these migrants. Diaz says work is hard to come by in Peru, but there is ..read more

In the cover of darkness, they walk through the rugged desert. Step by step, they get closer to their goal, but once migrants arrive on the U.S. side of the border fence, they soon realize the journey is just beginning. Many have stories that are so horrible, you almost can't believe them until you see the pain in their eyes. Dilma and her daughter are coming from Colombia. In Spanish, she told ABC15 that seven of her brothers were killed by a group back in Colombia. One of them was murdered right in front of her, she said. She said that each time someone comes to her door, or every time she l ..read more

A 17-year-old has been arrested after allegedly stabbing two men early Saturday morning in Yuma. Police say they responded to the call just after 2:30 a.m. and found a 23-year-old man with a stab wound. Officers investigating the scene found out the 23-year-old was stabbed at a nearby residence, and that a 20-year-old man was also stabbed. Both of the men were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. An argument between the three allegedly led to the stabbing, but police encourage anyone with information about this case to call the Yuma Police Department at (928) 373-4700 or 78-Crime at (9 ..read more

Authorities say a prisoner who walked off during work duty in San Luis, Arizona, has been found and returned to custody.According to the Arizona Department of Corrections, Jonathan Perryman was working Monday morning with a crew and was later unaccounted for.Perryman is a minimum custody work crew member and was working at the recreation center in San Luis at the time. He was last seen by a supervisor walking into a restroom to wash paint off his hands.A number of law enforcement agencies, including the U.S. Marshals Office, helped in the search for Perryman.Perryman was sentenced in November ..read more

YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — Police were looking for suspects in an early morning shooting in Yuma on Saturday that injured three teenagers, two of them seriously. Police say they responded to the Yuma Regional Medical Center at about 4:48 a.m. Saturday when hospital officials reported they were treating three males with gunshot wounds. One is 18 years old. The other two are 17. Police say a preliminary investigation indicates the three were traveling in a vehicle on the north side of Yuma tin he area of 5th Street and 17th Avenue when two male subjects began shooting at them. The victims drove away fro ..read more

U.S. border authorities announced changes to their policy for pursuing smugglers and other crime suspects on Wednesday, following an extensive review and criticism by immigrant advocates who pointed to cases in which passengers died when drivers fled law enforcement.Customs and Border Protection announced the changes Wednesday, just days after a crash in southern New Mexico that killed two people and injured eight others on Sunday. Another crash on Jan. 5. followed the shooting of a Border Patrol officer.The agency said the updated directive provides a framework for weighing the risks of a pur ..read more

Arizona's two senators went to Yuma and got a tour of the border Tuesday.As they wrapped up, they facilitated a discussion with leaders from all over the country. The focus of the discussion was the impact of this crisis on border communities and community leaders now say they are now left paying the price.“For years the federal government has failed to secure the border,” said Senator Kyrsten Sinema.Senator Kyrsten Sinema opened up the discussion with country leaders, alongside Senator Mark Kelly.“We cannot continue to shoulder the burden of the federal government's failure at our border,” Se ..read more

According to Port Director Michael Humphries, officers at the Port of Nogales found around 269,600 fentanyl pills inside the gas tank of a car on Wednesday, Nov. 16.Humphries says Customs and Border Protection officers noticed tampering around the car's gas tank while performing "layered enforcement operations." The pills were concealed inside the gas tank ..read more

A Yuma man was sentenced to life in prison in the shooting death of a woman two years ago whose body was found in a citrus grove.Jorge Alan Aguilar-Hernandez, 23, had previously pleaded guilty to murder in the Nov. 3, 2020, killing of Kirstion Fish, 22. The two had met several years earlier in Phoenix and had on-again and off-again relationship, according to court records.The Yuma Sun reported that Aguilar-Hernandez apologized to Fish family members at his sentencing on Friday, saying he hoped that one day they would be able to forgive him for what he had done.Fish had borrowed money from Agui ..read more