, the baron-58 had taken off from a small airport in houston and crashed just six miles from the kerrville airport while on approach to landing. >> it's a pretty open area. there's no trees, but it is very rocky, very hilly. >> reporter: the pilot's communication never suggesting a problem. these are the last words on the recording. >> 4422 and up to 6000, 501 charley, echo. ! tonight, no reports of a distres call. officials have now secured the crash site as their investigation begins to determine what caused that crash. david? >> marcus moore tonight. marcus, thank you. >>> now, to the easter sunday scare here in this country. a navy veteran entering a church with a baby and a weapon in her arms. she threatened to blow up the church. tonight here, the dramatic takedown that followed, and here's abc's will carr now. >> reporter: authorities say this rambling video talking about religion appears to have been posted on social media by a mother. >> i've been experiencing the rapture since january 12th. >> reporter: a short time later, she allegedly walked into a packed easter sunday church s

the plane left the west houston airport and was attempting to land at the kerrville municipal airportust before 9:00 a.m. local time. sources say the aircraft may have lost one engine, sending it into a deadly spin, crashing on a private ranch six miles northwest of the airport. richard hall saw the plane just before it crashed. >> it just came down and just hit the ground like a can and flattened it out. >> reporter: the crash killed all six on board. the plane is registered to jeffrey weiss of houston, a pilot for more than 40 years. he also donated his time to non- profit organizations like angel flights, which transports patients or medical supplies for children. investigators would not confirm if he was on board. we've spoken with friends who have been trying to get ahold of him all day but have had no luck. the n.t.s.b. and the f.a.a. have crews on sight right now investigating the cause of the plane crash, but they won't be releasing any information on that or the other victims any time soon. >> glor: all right. sad story, mireya. thank you very much. we'll move now to the late

the plane left the west houston airport and was attempting to land at the kerrville municipal airport just before 9:00 a.m. local time. sources say the aircraft may have lost one engine, sending it into a deadly spin, crashing on a private ranch six miles northwest of the airport. richard hall saw the plane just before it crashed. >> just came down and just hit the ground like a cannon, and it flattened it out. >> reporter: the crash killed all six on board. the plane is registered to jeffrey weiss of houston, a pilot for more than 40 years. he also donated his time to nonprofit organizationsike fligr children. investigatrs would not confirm if he was on board. we have spoken with several of weiss' friends who say they've been trying to get ahold of him all day by phone, but have not had any luck. jeff, we do know the ntsb and the faa have investigation into the cause of the plane crash, but they won't have information on that or the other victims any time soon. >> all right, sad story. mireya, thank you very much. >>> >> the mayor of yuma, arizona has declared a state of emergency as

aerial footage shows a twisted and crumpled twin-engine plane, crashing here kerrville, texas, just outside san antonio. >> there were six people on board, including the pilot. >> reporter: all six, killed in the mysterious crash. their identities unknown. and now, the painstaking search for answers. according to authorities, the baron-58 had taken off from a smalcrro t rrvie airport while on approach to landing. >> it's a pretty open area. there are no trees, but it's rocky, very hilly. >> reporter: the pilot's communication never suggesting a problem. >> 4422 and up to 6000, 501 charley, echo. >> reporter: there was no known distress call. officials have now secured the crash site as they begin their investigation to determine what caused the crash. david? >> marcus moore tonight. marcus, thank you. >>> now, to the easter sunday scare here in this country, a navy veteran entering a church with a baby and a weapon in her arms. she threatened to blow up the church. tonight here, the dramatic takedown that followed, and here's abc's will carr now. >> reporter: authorities say that rambling v

. >>> six people died when a twin-engine plane crashed in a near the kerrville municipal airport northwest of san antonio. the faa said the aircraft was getting ready to land at the ai houston. the faa and national transportation safety board will be in charge of that investigation. >>> the fbi has arrested a man who was detaining migrants at the u.s./mexico border as part of an armed civilian group. abc news reporter romina puga has the story. >> this country was built on three things, gods, guns and guts. >> larry mitchell hopkins was arrested for possessing firearms as a convicted felon. also known as johnny horton jr. is the leader of an armed group of civilians that has been detaining undocumented immigrants crossing into the u.s. they have stopped more than 200 migrants at gunpoint. can you back the truck up a little bit. >> hosting these videos on youtube, allegedly formed along the border just days ago. >> look at all the children. >> showing parents with children crouching in the dirt thinking one needs to get up and she does not want to move. she is like planted right there. >> h

crashing into the pacific ocean near devil's slide has now been identified he is 44 year-old cristobal kerrville he took off from fort function. the san mateo county sheriff says that just after 04:00pm on sunday easter sunday, the coast guard and the san mateo county harbourmaster responded to a hang glider in distress. it landed in the water off devil's slide and was able to unhook from the glider but was unable to make it to shore because of the heavy serve after an hour of searching carrillo was pulled from the water by a crew on board a coast guard helicopter unresponsive and not breathing. they were unable to resuscitate him. a small plane crash next to the prison yard of a facility in riverside county this afternoon killing at least one person, the pilot was the only person on board the plane when it crashed according to the f a a the riverside county sheriff's office later tweeted that the crash was fatal one inmate was scratched during the incident, but no other inmates or prison staff or seriously affected. >>the oakland a's or sacramento today to pitcher new stadium at howard terminal

, the baron 58 had taken off from a small airport in houston and crashed just six miles from the kerrvilleile on approach to landing. >> there's no trees but it is rocky, hilly. >> reporter: the pilot's communication never suggesting a problem. these are the last words heard on the recording. >> 2422, up to 6000 501 charlie echo. >> reporter: no reports of a distress call. officials have secured that crash site as they begin the investigation into trying to figure out what caused this deadly crash here in texas. marcus moore, abc news, dallas. >> the faa and ntsb are leading the investigation. >> they are. and as you see the scene there, again, more about the victims, three of the six killed, marc telepsen, 45, owner of a landscape architect firm. mark scioneaux, husband of the houston ballet artistic director. we are praying for all those victims and thinking about their families this morning. >>> coming up next half hour, a popular tesla model going up in flames. the electric carmaker looking into what went wrong. >>> but first, it's english muffin time. see how one chef is stepping up t

the b-58 on approach to land had been in the air 90 minutes before crashing into a field outside kerrvillexas. >> there were six people onboard including the pilot. all six are deceased. there are no reports of anyone on the ground being hurt. sources say the plane may have lost one of its two engines, sending it into a deadly spin. >> the plane came in really low, and i knew something was wrong. he was probably 400 feet above me maybe, and i saw his plane drop like this twice. they took off from west houston airport and were getting ready to land 200 miles away. the plane experienced two distin distinct drops in altitude before losing contact. >> it looks like it just came down and hit the ground and flattened it out. >> reporter: a pilot with more than 40 years' experience jeffrey weiss would donate 500 flying hours every year to help pediatric patients and veterans get treatment at local hospitals. >> all of these pilots that fly a plane like that, they're highly trained to do recurrent training all of the time. i'm sorry for his family, and i know at least he's doing what he liked to d

the wreckage is located about six miles from the kerrville airport.day. the ntsb is investigating the cause of that crash. >>> there is a new alert from the cdc this morning as the number of measles cases approaches levels not seen in 25 years. there were 71 new measles cases last week, which brings the total to 626 cases in 22 states. a vast majority of the cases have been in new york city and nearby rockland county. most have been unvaccinated people in orthodox jewish communities. the food and drug administration is taking an unusual step, reminding the public that the measles vaccine is safe with 50 years of science to back it up. >>> now to an update on a mysterious case we have been following here more than two years. the unsolved murders of two teenage girls on a hiking trail in indiana. this morning police say new evidence is taking their investigation in a whole new direction. nbc's morgan chesky with details on this. >> reporter: yeah, craig, good morning. this is a crime that touches every corner of this community and the proof of that plas