Miami.- Three people died and another 15 were injured in a shooting between two bands that occurred on Friday night in the state of New Mexico, in the southern United States, police reported on Saturday, added that at the moment there are no detainees.
He confrontation It occurred at 10:00 p.m. on Friday at Las Cruces, located about 120 kilometers south of Albuquerque, where some 200 people were gathered to see an illegal car race.
“The investigation so far reveals that there was an altercation between two groups, and that That altercation scaled to shooting between both groups. Several people were injured in the crossfire, “said the Chief of Police of Las Cruces, Jeremy Story.
A Male of Dead
The deceased are Two 19 -year -old men and a 16 -year -old.
The 15 injured are between 16 and 36 years old. Seven of them were transferred to hospitals from El Paso (Texas) to receive treatment, according to local firefighters Michael Daniels.
Police found a fifteenth of bullet caps at the scene of the shooting.
The FBI, the Office of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives of the United States (ATF) The State Police of New Mexico and the Doña Ana County Police Department are collaborating in the investigation, according to the authorities of Las Cruces.
A “nightmare”
The councilor of the city of the Cruces and Interim Mayor, Johana Bencomo, expressed her dismay at this tragedy through a publication made this Saturday on the Instagram social network.
In his opinion, this event “Feel deeply false”since it is something that, he said, “you never think it will happen in your city.”
“Honestly, hOy on a tragedy like this one feels like a nightmare That he only hopes to come true at any possible time, but we always pray and hope he never does, “he said.
The crosses is located on the edge of the Chihuahua desert along the Rio Bravo (or large) in the south of New Mexico, about 41 miles north of the border between the United States and Mexico.
