University of New Mexico shooting suspect arrested
The campus shooting left a 14-year-old male dead
RIGHT NOW. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. I WOKE UP AND I SAW EVERYTHING AND THAT WE WERE ON LOCKDOWN. MY IMMEDIATE THOUGHT IS LIKE, OH, ANOTHER SHOOTING IN ALBUQUERQUE. I’M JUST SO DISAPPOINTED AND UPSET IN OUR LEADERSHIP AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE I WANTED TO DO LAW ENFORCEMENT. YOUNG ADULTS AND KIDS AND ADOLESCENTS DON’T FEEL SAFE. AND IT’S IT’S SCARY. LIKE, WE PAY FOR THIS. SOME OF US HAVE NOTHING ELSE BUT OURSELVES. POWERFUL AND EMOTIONAL STATEMENTS BY A UNM STUDENT WHO LIVES IN THE DORMS WHERE A DEADLY SHOOTING TOOK PLACE. AND TONIGHT, OUR TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES AS WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS DEVELOPING STORY ALL DAY. WE NOW KNOW A 14 YEAR-OLD WAS SHOT AND KILLED, AN 18 YEAR-OLD ARRESTED, AND POLICE JUST WRAPPED UP A NEWS CONFERENCE. LIZ MUNOZ IS LIVE AT UNM WITH WHAT THEY SAID. SHELLEY. WELL, WE JUST LEARNED THAT 18 YEAR-OLD JOHN FUENTES IS A SUSPECT. POLICE HAVE IN CUSTODY. NOW, WE’RE TOLD THAT UNM POLICE RESPONDED TO AN ALARM AT 130 THIS MORNING AT CASA DEL RIO DORMS. AND THAT’S WHERE THEY FOUND BROKEN GLASS AND BLOOD. NOW, ABOUT AN HOUR LATER, A 19 YEAR-OLD VICTIM WAS REPORTED AT UNM HOSPITAL WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND. NOW NEW MEXICO, AT SOME POINT, FOR REASONS THAT WE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING, THE SUSPECT BEGAN SHOOTING A FIREARM AT THE OTHER OCCUPANTS OF THE ROOM. THE 14 YEAR OLD VICTIM WAS FATALLY SHOT AND REMAINED AT THAT LOCATION, WHERE HE WAS LATER FOUND. THE OTHER OCCUPANTS, ALONG WITH THE GUNMAN, FLED FROM THE ROOM. NO OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO LOCATE FUENTES, THE SUSPECT, BY USING A LICENSE PLATE READER. HE WAS ARRESTED DURING A TRAFFIC STOP IN LOS LUNAS, AND WE’RE TOLD A FAMILY MEMBER WAS WITH HIM. NOW WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS TONIGHT AT TEN. REPORTING IN ALBUQUERQUE. I’M ALYSSA MUNOZ T ACTION 7 NEWS. POLICE SAID THERE ARE ALSO NO OTHER VICTIMS THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR AT THIS TIME. WELL, MEMBERS OF THE UNM FOOTBALL TEAM WERE STAYING INSIDE THE BUILDING THAT THE SHOOTING HAPPENED. I HEARD A COUPLE GUNSHOTS. YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING IT WAS KIND OF ALBUQUERQUE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I SAW A GUY JUMP OUT OF A WINDOW ON THE SECOND FLOOR. WE’RE ALL ON THE FOURTH FLOOR, SO IT WAS A LITTLE BIT ODD TO SEE. DIDN’T THINK OF IT AS MUCH, BUT WHEN I WOKE UP IN THE MORNING, I WAS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED. UNM PRESIDENT RELEASING A STATEMENT, WRITING IN PART, WE UNDERSTAND THIS INCIDENT MAY BE ESPECIALLY DISTRESSING FOR NEW STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE HERE THIS WEEK FOR ORIENTATION. WE WANT TO ASSURE EVERYONE WE ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO YOUR SAFETY AND WELL-BEING, ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR TIM KELLER WRITING, WE ARE HEARTBROKEN BY THE TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE THAT OCCURRED TODAY ON THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO CAMPUS. OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE VICTIMS, LOVED ONES, THE UNM COMMUNITY AND ALL THOSE IMPACTED BY THE SENSELESS ACT OF VIOLENCE. GOVERNOR LUJAN GRISHAM, ALSO REACTING TO TODAY’S DEADLY SHOOTING AT UNM, IS HEARTBREAKING, AND I EXTEND MY DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO THE FAMILY OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO LOST THEIR LIFE IN THIS TRAGEDY. NEW MEXICO MUST DO BETTER AT REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE, ESPECIALLY INVOLVING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. WE WILL NOT ACCEPT THIS AS NORMAL. WELL, STUDENTS WERE PUT IN BUSSES TO GET OFF CAMPUS AS THE INVESTIGATION WAS STILL ACTIVE. MANY PARENTS AND STUDENTS TELLING US CRIME IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH THERE. AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, SOME STUDENTS FED UP. BUT UNM POLICE SAY THEY’RE DOING ALL THEY CAN TO PROTECT THE STUDENTS. RIGHT NOW, WE’RE JUST TRYING TO GET STUFF TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THE KIDS ARE SAFE RIGHT NOW. BUT DOWN THE ROAD, WE’RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT AND SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO DIFFERENTLY. BLUE LIGHT PHONE POLES ARE OFTEN PLACED ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES, LIKE THIS ONE FOR EMERGENCIES. THE CAMPUS TONIGHT REMAINS CLOSED. OFFICIALS TOLD US THE SHELTER IN PLACE AFFECTED AT LEAST 400 ORIENTATION STUDENTS WHO WERE ON CAMPUS. THESE ARE STRESSFUL SITUATIONS, OF COURSE, AND STAFF MEMBERS TELL US THESE KIDS ARE REALLY SHAKEN UP. OUR KOAT CRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY EXPERT EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWING WHAT TO DO. IF YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF IN THIS SCENARIO. THIS IS ONE TIP HE SAYS PEOPLE CAN AND SHOULD FOLLOW. YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE BUILDING, LIKE EXIT AS FAST AS YOU CAN, GET OUT ANY EXIT YOU CAN MOVE TO A POSITION OF OF COVER, HOPEFULLY SOME DISTANCE FROM THE BUILDING. ALTHOUGH THAT’S AN OPTION PEOPLE CAN DECIDE ON DURING AN ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENT. HE SAYS IT’S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO LISTEN TO ORDERS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT. CONTINUING OUR TEAM COVERAGE, OTHER CRIME RELATED INCIDENTS HAVE AFFECTED THE UNM CAMPUS. BEFORE. DARLENE MELENDEZ JOINS US WITH SOME OF THOSE CASES. GUYS, WE’VE SEEN MULTIPLE INCIDENTS AFFECTING THE CAMPUS AS WELL AS OFF CAMPUS INCIDENTS INVOLVING STUDENTS, BUT FOCUSING ON CAMPUS. JUST THE PAST THREE YEARS, NOVEMBER OF 2022, FORMER NMSU BASKETBALL PLAYER MIKE PEAKE SHOT AND KILLED 19 YEAR OLD UNM STUDENT BRANDON TRAVIS ON UNM’S CAMPUS. CHARGES WERE FILED, THOUGH PROSECUTORS SAID PEAKE WAS DEFENDING HIMSELF AFTER HE HAD BEEN ATTACKED THIS YEAR. IN APRIL, AN EIGHT YEAR OLD GIRL WAS BRUTALLY ATTACKED JUST OFF OF UNM CAMPUS AT SAGE ROAD. POLICE SAY NICHOLAS SANSOUCI SMASHED A BEER BOTTLE OVER THE CHILD’S HEAD, THEN SLASHED HER NECK. HE’S CURRENTLY BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND. AND ALSO THIS YEAR, MAY 14TH. AN INVESTIGATION INTO A POSSIBLE SHOOTING AT A UNM HOSPITAL BUILDING. UNIVERSITY POLICE SAID A BROKEN WINDOW APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN BULLET CAUSED IN STUDIO DARLENE MELENDEZ. KOAT ACTION SEVEN NEWS UNM FIRST STARTED BANNING WEAPONS IN 1998. MANY IMPACTED BY THIS, THE UNIVERSITY IS PROVIDING RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF. THE UNIVERSITY POSTING THIS ON ITS FACEBOOK PAGE. THEY SAY STUDENTS SHOULD DOWNLOAD THE TIMELY CARE APP FOR ON DEMAND TELEHEALTH COUNSELING AT NO COST. FOR AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, YOU CAN HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE. IF YOU MISSED ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THIS FATAL SHO
University of New Mexico shooting suspect arrested
The campus shooting left a 14-year-old male dead
The suspect in the University of New Mexico fatal shooting has been taken into custody.New Mexico State Police have identified the suspect as 18-year-old John Fuentes.The arrest was made by state police in Valencia County. The arrest happened at 2:30 p.m. Friday, July 25.This comes after one person was fatally shot and another was injured in the shooting, which prompted a shelter in place across UNM along with student evacuations. The fatal shooting victim was a 14-year-old male. The other was described as a 19 year old by state police. Stay updated on the latest news with the KOAT app. You can download it here.
The suspect in the University of New Mexico fatal shooting has been taken into custody.
New Mexico State Police have identified the suspect as 18-year-old John Fuentes.
The arrest was made by state police in Valencia County. The arrest happened at 2:30 p.m. Friday, July 25.
This comes after one person was fatally shot and another was injured in the shooting, which prompted a shelter in place across UNM along with student evacuations.
The fatal shooting victim was a 14-year-old male. The other was described as a 19 year old by state police.
Stay updated on the latest news with the KOAT app. You can download it here.
