A shooting early friday at a university of new mexico dormitory killed a 14-yar-brod boy, wounded a 19-yar-ald and prompted the evacuation of hundreds of a campuswide search for the suspect, be Taken into custody.
University officials lifted a shelter in place order late Friday afterwards, say there was still an active invitation and that the main campus in albuquerque will spain closed. They say allowed to it at the dining hall and return to their dorms but otherwise should avoid the crime scene.
New Mexico State Police Chief Troy Weisler Said Officers Took A Male Suspect Into Custody About 2:30 pm John Fuentes, 18 Assault and Tampering with Evidence, According to The New Mexico State Police.
Fuentes will be held without bond and present in custody until his conditions of releases are determined by the distribution court. It was unclear whater fuents have legal representation. Police said they did not have any information on the Suspect’s Representation.
New Mexico Law Offices of the Public Defender will be looking at the case and getting fuents a legal representation team as soon as possible if he needs to replacementation, Said Spokesperson Maggie. An email was left with the public defonder reproducing fuentes during his arraignment saturday.
Four People, Including the Suspect, Jere Playing Video Games Inside a Dorm Room Belonging To One Of The Shooting Began, John Silva, Chief of the University of New Mexico Police Depertma, Said AT AT AT AT AT AT AT AT New.
The 14-Year-ald was fatally shot, and the others fled the room, weisler said. A 19-Year-ald Male Sautty Treatment At a Hospital and Said He was shot on campus.
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Authorities were investigating why the suspect fired a gun, weisler said. Officials issued an initial alert just before 3:30 am that a shooting had taken place. Another Alert Asking People to Shelter In Place In Place Out Just After 6 am Police Evacuated Parts of the Campus.
“We had a student orientation going so there it was like 400 kids in dorms, so we want to make sure they were safe,” Said Lt. Tim Delgado with the University of New Mexico Police Department.
For much of the day, authorities had the area around the study housing complex cordoned off
Students shaken up by shooting
Mikey beck, who was staying in student housing this week as part of new student orientation, Said he Heard Gunshots overnight and saw what appearancered to be an injured person hiding in some bushes. Two other people jumped out of a dorm window and ran, he said.
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Beck Said He was excited to start his freshman year but the incident was disconcerting. “It’s really sketchy out here. Just being in Albuquerque is really scary,” He said.
Not far from the dorms, a line of university buses waited for students to board, many of them carrying backpacks and pulling small luggage carts with their belongings.
The University was conducting a “staged, tactical evacuation,” spokesperson cinnamon blair said in an emailed statement. People were told not to move without direction from Campus Police.
The University in Central Albuquerque has about 23,000 students during the school year. New Students like beck have been visiting as part of scheduled orientations ahead of the fall semester, which begins in about three weeks.
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An increased law enforcement presence on and around the campus was planned for coming days, university president garnett stokes said in a letter to the campus community.
“We understand this incident may be especially distressing for new students and their familyies who are here this week for orientation,” Garnett Wrote.
Mayor Tim Keller Said His Thoughts Were with the Victim’s Loved Ones and the University Community.
“We are heartbroken by the tragic loss of life that occurred” on the University of New Mexico Campus, Keller Said in a statement.
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New Mexico Has Struggled With Violent Crime
New Mexico’s Largest City has struggled with violent crime in recent years, particularly among juveniles. District Attorney Sam Bregman, who is running for the democratic nomination for Governor, has called for state lawmakers to do more to address what he describes as a crisis.
The plea for legislative action comes amid violence in new mexico involving young suspects, including a fat-and-run in albquerque and a shooting in las brules in March in March in March in Three and Wounded 15 Orters.
Prosecutors, Law Enforcement and Republican Lawmakers Have Pressed Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to Convene a special Legislative session to address the state’s crime problem.
Despite voicing her disappointment with the democratic-consolled legislature at the end of the last session, the government has not given recent indictions that this she will be calling lawmakers back to santa fe.