Shooting at Five Points Bar: 2 Arrested

0:00Two men face charges after a shooting inside a five points bar wounded, two people back on January 18th. 18-year-old Donovan LaTrell Berry and 27-year-old Taishan Joseph were arrested in connection with the incident at headquarters. Tap House on Tuleroza Avenue, right across from El Paso Police headquarters. Both are charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and unlawful carrying of a weapon. Berry was picked up by U.S. Marshals in Buffalo, New York on March 3rd and extradited to El Paso County, jail on March 18th. Joseph was arrested locally on January 23rd. They're both held at the jail annex with Berry on a $250,000 bond and Joseph on $100,000 total. The shooting stemmed from a confrontation on the dance floor during a birthday celebration, where tensions bored over involving the woman's ex-boyfriend and others. Witnesses helped identify one suspect and police recovered a bullet casing at the scene. This isn't the first trouble at the bar.

1:00Back in December 2021, a parking lot shooting there killed one man and injured three others. The shooter, Alfred Lawrence Gay Jr., pleaded guilty last year and got 30 years in prison with no parole before 2036. Authorities continue investigating the January incident as both men await court dates with public defenders. The quick arrests show how seriously police are treating violence in that neighborhood. El Paso News today, powered by AI bringing you what matters.