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UPDATED: Alabama Street shooting locks down WNMU
Students and staff at the Western New Mexico University main campus were briefly asked to shelter in place Tuesday afternoon after an apparent shooting near the intersection of 13th and Gordon streets, two blocks north of the Harlan Hall science building on campus. At 4:47 p.m., Silver City Police Chief...
Silver City police search for suspect in Tuesday shooting
SILVER CITY, N.M. (KRQE) – KRQE News 13 is working to learn more about a shooting that put Western New Mexico University under a shelter-in-place. It went into effect just before 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The Silver City Police Department said the shooting happened off campus and the university has lifted the shelter in place. Police […]
Shooting causes shelter in place at Western New Mexico University
SILVER CITY, N.M. — Students and staff at Western New Mexico University were put in a shelter-in-place due to a shooting. It has since been lifted. Shots were fired near the university campus on Tuesday, Aug. 20, according to WNMU. It also said the shooting suspects are still at large in its update on Tuesday.
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