Defense attorney makes a self-defense claim in a deadly El Paso shootout between Fort Bliss soldiers on Setting Sun Drive in the far East Side.

The El Paso Police Department arrested Spc. Eric Lammarr Mathis, 23, at the west Texas Army base on Monday and charged him with murder for the death of Pvt. Edward DaQuan Smith, 23.

The 6-year-old stepson of a Fort Bliss soldier, who was recently arrested for shooting and killing another man in February, witnessed the murder saying,” Daddy shot the gun,” and “Daddy shot the guy,” ...

23-year-old Edward Daquan Smith, after an altercation at a house party ended in gunfire. The shooting happened at the 2100 block of Setting Sun Drive on February 28. Newly obtained police ...

On Monday, El Paso police arrested 24-year-old Eric Lammarr Mathis in connection with the shooting death of 23-year-old Edward Daquan Smith during a party at the 2100 block of Setting Sun Drive ...

A 24-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a murder in East El Paso that happened last month. Police said they have arrested Eric Lamarr Mathis, 24, and charged him with murder in the ...

The man who died, Edward Daquan Smith, 23, of East El Paso, was identified by police officials on Thursday, March 6. Gun violence: El Paso police arrest suspect in random shooting of passerby at ...

Update (March 6, 2025): Police officials identified the victim as Edward Daquan Smith, 23, explaining that he was found with a gunshot wound. He died at the scene. Investigators say a fight broke ...

Mathis is accused of the killing of Edward Daquan Smith, 23, of East El Paso, when an altercation escalated into a shooting shortly before midnight on Feb. 28 at a home in the 2100 block of ...

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