SOME WAY.
WE KNOW THAT A LITTLE AFTER
8:00, NEW MEXICO TIME, THAT THIS
YOUNG PERSON WALKED INTO
BERRENDO SCHOOL, A MIDDLE SCHOOL
THERE.
THIS IS IN NEW MEXICO, TYPICALLY
FIFTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE, SO
IT'S SHOCKING TO THINK OF THE
POSSIBILITIES HERE.
SHOT AND INJURED TWO
INDIVIDUALS.
THEY WERE TAKEN TO EASTERN NEW
MEXICO MEDICAL CENTER THERE, A
LEVEL THREE TRAUMA CENTER.
THERE ARE SOME REPORTS THAT
THERE MAY BE A THIRD VICTIM WHO
WAS AIRLIFTED TO LUBBOCK, TEXAS,
WHICH WOULD HAVE A HIGHER LEVEL
TRAUMA CENTER.
SO WE'LL KEEP OUR EYE ON THAT.
ROSWELL IS A FAIRLY SMALL TOWN,
ABOUT 50,000 PEOPLE IN
SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.
THE SCHOOL ITSELF IS NORTH OF
THE CITY, IT LOOKS TO BE IN A
FAIRLY NEW AREA OR PART OF THE
TOWN.
SO THIS WOULD BE A -- A VERY
RURAL PART OF A VERY RURAL AREA
IN NEW MEXICO.
IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH HE HAD A
SHOTGUN ON HIM, BUT AS
AUTHORITIES SAY, HE HAS BEEN
APPREHENDED, WHICH LEAVES US TO
BELIEVE HE IS ALIVE AND IN
POLICE CUSTODY.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT STUDENTS FROM
BERRENDO MIDDLE SCHOOL ARE NOW
BEING TAKEN TO THE ROSWELL MALL,
NOT TOO FAR FROM THERE, SO THAT
PARENTS CAN COLLECT THEM AND GET
THEM BACK.
BUT JUST ANOTHER SHOCKING DAY IN
AMERICA, WHEN A SHOOTING LIKE
THIS HAPPENS AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL,
IN A FAIRLY RURAL PART OF NEW
MEXICO.
>> MIGUEL, DO WE KNOW IF HE'S A
STUDENT OR NOT, THE ALLEGED
SHOOTER?
>> Reporter: WE DON'T KNOW IF
HE'S A STUDENT OR NOT.
IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH HE MAY BE A
STUDENT, GIVEN THE AGES THAT NEW
MEXICO STATE POLICE ARE TALKING
ABOUT AT THE MOMENT.
THE AGES OF THE TWO VICTIMS ALSO
APPEAR TO BE STUDENTS.