University of New Mexico shooting suspect arrested

SEVEN NEWS AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE AFTER A DEADLY SHOOTING AT A STUDENT HOUSING AREA ON UNM’S MAIN CAMPUS THE SAME DAY NEW FRESHMEN ARE BEING WELCOMED FOR THEIR ORIENTATION. VALENCIA COUNTY SHERIFF’S TELLING US STATE POLICE MADE AN ARREST IN LOS LUNAS AT AN APARTMENT ON CANAL BOULEVARD AFTER THE CAMPUS WAS SHUT DOWN ALL AFTERNOON, WITH A SHELTER IN PLACE AS OFFICERS INVESTIGATED THE DEADLY SHOOTING AND SEARCHED FOR THE SUSPECT. THE SHELTER IN PLACE HAS NOW BEEN LIFTED ON CAMPUS, ALTHOUGH CENTRAL CAMPUS REMAINS CLOSED. OFFICIALS SAY STUDENTS CAN NOW RETURN TO THEIR DORMS AND WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE. KEEPING YOU UP TO DATE WITH ALL THE LATEST DETAILS. WE START WITH JASON MCNABB. WELL, THAT’S RIGHT, DOUG AND SHELLEY. THIS IS STILL AN ACTIVE CRIME SCENE HERE BEHIND ME. WE DO STILL SEE NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE UNITS OUT HERE. BUT AS YOU SAID EARLIER, THE VALENCIA VALENCIA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN LOS LUNAS. AND THAT CAME HOURS AFTER THAT MANHUNT THAT TOOK ALL DAY. THEY SAY IT HAPPENED AROUND 2:15 P.M. WHEN THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. NOW, ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU’RE JUST JOINING US, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO GET YOU UP TO SPEED ON THE DETAILS OF WHAT HAPPENED HERE. THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE SHOT HERE IN THE TOWER OF CASA DEL RIO EARLY THIS MORNING. ONE OF THEM DID DIE. THE OTHER ONE IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. NOW, ONCE AGAIN, IT CAUSED A LOCKDOWN OF CAMPUS FOR HOURS AS POLICE SEARCHED FOR THAT SUSPECT INVOLVED IN THIS SHOOTING. NOW, THERE WERE SOME UNM LOBOS FOOTBALL PLAYERS STAYING HERE IN THESE DORMS WHEN THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED. ONE OF THEM BELIEVES THEY SAW SOMEBODY RUN OUT OF THE BUILDING RIGHT AFTER THE SHOOTING HAPPENED. TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE HEARD. JOE DIAZ HEARD. I HEARD A COUPLE GUNSHOTS. YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING IT WAS KIND OF JUST ALBUQUERQUE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 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. NOW, AT THIS TIME, WE ARE STILL WORKING TO LEARN MORE DETAILS ABOUT THOSE TWO VICTIMS AND WHAT THE CONDITION IS OF THE OTHER ONE, EVEN THOUGH WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THEY ARE EXPECTED TO SURVIVE FROM THEIR INJURIES. AND OF COURSE WE ARE WAITING FOR MORE DETAILS FROM NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE AS WELL. ON THE INVESTIGATION INTO THIS SHOOTING. FOR NOW, I’M GOING TO SEND THINGS OVER TO FAITH EGBUONU. YEAH, JASON. THAT’S RIGHT. WE’RE HERE AT THE CASA DEL RIO DORMS, WHERE POLICE SAY THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE HERE, NEARBY. NOW, THAT DEADLY SHOOTING HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL GROUNDS HAS STUDENTS AND PARENTS CONCERNED. MANY OF THEM TELLING US CRIME IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH HERE. THE MOOD STILL SOMBER AS STUDENTS TRY TO REGROUP. ONE STUDENT WHO LIVES HERE AT THE DORMS TELLING US SHE IS FED UP WITH CAMPUS CRIME. HOWEVER, UNM POLICE DEPARTMENT BELIEVES THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO PROTECT STUDENTS AT THIS TIME. I WOKE UP AND I SAW THE EVERYTHING AND THAT WE WERE ON LOCKDOWN. MY IMMEDIATE THOUGHT IS LIKE, OH, ANOTHER SHOOTING IN ALBUQUERQUE. IT’S SCARY. LIKE WE PAY FOR THIS. SOME OF US HAVE NOTHING ELSE BUT OURSELVES. 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. IN BLUE LIGHT, PHONES ARE OFTEN PLACED ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES LIKE THIS ONE HERE FOR EMERGENCIES, THE SHELTER IN PLACE HAS BEEN LIFTED, BUT IN THE CAMPUS, THE CAMPUS ITSELF STILL REMAINS CLOSED. I’M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TOSS IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE JULIAN JULIAN PARAS, WHO IS ALSO ON SCENE. JULIAN. YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT. SO WHILE LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKED TO FIND A SUSPECT BEHIND THIS SHOOTING, THERE WERE OTHER AGENCIES HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY THAT WORKED WITH UNM STAFF TO KEEP HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE SAFE. AFTER THAT, SHOOTING A SHELTER IN PLACE DID ACTIVATE, AFFECTING 400, AT LEAST 400 ORIENTATION. STUDENTS HERE ON CAMPUS. WHEN THIS ALL HAPPENED. AND THESE ARE ALL STRESSFUL SITUATIONS. AND STAFF TELL US THESE KIDS WERE SHAKEN UP BY WHAT HAPPENED. OUR KOAT CRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY EXPERT EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWING WHAT TO DO. IF YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF IN THESE SCENARIOS. AND THIS IS ONE TIP, HE TOLD ME PEOPLE CAN DO 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 IS AN OPTION PEOPLE CAN DECIDE TO DO. HE SAYS IT’S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO LISTEN TO ORDERS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT IF THEY ARE GIVEN TO PEOPLE. IN THESE SCENARIOS. NOW, SHELLY MENTIONED THAT SHELTER IN PLACE WAS GIVEN AND WAS LIFTED AROUND 4:00 THIS AFTERNOON. CENTRAL CAMPUS IS STILL CLOSED OFF. LIVE HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE. JULIAN PARAS KOAT ACTION SEVEN NEWS. CONTINUE OUR TEAM COVERAGE. THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF NOTABLE INCIDENTS AT UNM OVER THE YEARS. TODAY, DARLENE MELENDEZ LOOKED THROUGH THOSE AND HAS UPDATES ON WHERE SOME OF THOSE CASES STAND. SHELLEY AND DOUG. THE UNIVERSITY IS A WEAPONS FREE CAMPUS, WHICH OF COURSE INCLUDES GUNS. LOOKING AT JUST THE PAST FEW YEARS THOUGH, 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 NOT 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. SANSOUCI IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND AND ON MAY 14TH, ALSO THIS YEAR, AN INVESTIGATION INTO A POSSIBLE SHOOTING AT A UNM HOSPITAL BUILDING. UNIVERSITY POLICE SAID A BROKEN WINDOW APPEARED TO BE BULLET CAUSED. SHELLEY. THANK YOU, DARLENE. UNM FIRST STARTED BANNING WEAPONS IN 1998. WE’LL HAVE MORE ON THIS STORY COMING UP TONIGHT A