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| 2 die in mass shooting in New Mexico library | ||
| 2017-08-29 | ||
| Two people have been shot dead and four more injured in a shooting at a New Mexico library on Monday, police said. The shooting happened at the Clovis-Carver library in Clovis, New Mexico. Police surrounded the library several minutes after 4pm Monday, the Curry County Sheriff's Office confirmed. Police were seen escorting an unidentified man in handcuffs into a police cruiser. It has not been confirmed whether or not the man is the suspected shooter
One witness told the Eastern New Mexico News that she was in the library with her son when a man came in and 'started to shoot' into the air. The woman did not see anyone get shot, but the suspected shooter was still at the library when she left. She told the outlet she thought he was carrying a handgun. Police were seen escorting an unidentified man in handcuffs into a police cruiser. It has not been confirmed whether or not the man is the suspected shooter. A suspect is believed to be in custody. Air ambulances were dispatched and at least one victim was taken to Clovis Municipal Airport to be transported to Lubbock, Texas, about 100 miles away. According to the newspaper, one police scanner report said one victim was in a closet in the library and needed medical attention.
The teenage boy accused in the deadly shooting at Clovis' public library had been in trouble at school, had recently contemplated suicide and had "anxiety attacks" that resulted in his going home from church on Sunday morning, his pastors said. Nathaniel Jouett was tossed in the calaboose Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! without incident after police said he opened fire a little after 4 p.m. Monday in the library, killing two people and injuring four more. Pastors at Clovis' Living Word Church of God said the shooting stunned them because they thought Jouett was making positive strides in recent weeks, following what both described as a "very hard life." "He started coming to church about 3 1/2 months ago," said Pastor David Stevens. "My daughter called him and asked if he wanted to hang out." Stevens said his daughter soon learned Jouett was "laying with a gun at his side and a suicide note in his pocket" as they talked on the phone. Once Jouett began attending church, he was a regular, often participating in multiple worship services in a week. "I know that he had been turning his life around," said Living Word's Associate Pastor Bonetta Hutson. "I know last week ... he was jumped in a bathroom. And then he got into a fight on Friday and was suspended for two days," Hutson said. Stevens said Jouett was upset about the fight. "He said he tried to avoid it. He knew that's not what he was supposed to be doing," Stevens said. Clovis schools Superintendent Jody Balch said he did not know if Jouett had been fighting or if he were suspended. Stevens said Jouett was at church on Sunday morning, but began having "anxiety attacks" during services and had to go home. He returned for Sunday night services and then spent about an hour at Stevens' home with other teens. "He said his chest had been hurting him all day," Stevens said. Stevens said Jouett lived with his father and was estranged from his mother. He declined to go into detail about the boy's past, but said he'd recently given a testimony about his Christian faith at church. "So I have been baptized and gotten back in 2 church," Jouett wrote on his Facebook page on Aug. 14. "I have this overwhelming joy. (T)hank you 2 the church for making it feel like home." | ||
| Posted by:badanov |
| #8 Nah, I live there. It's still the Wild West. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-08-29 23:55 |
| #7 Two and four is mass? In New Mexico, it is. You need to get out more. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-08-29 13:12 |
| #6 The level of coverage in number of minutes will signal the ethnic identity of the shooter, unless he's a Christian. In that case the coverage will be like he's. White guy regardless. Conservative would make it a CNN trifecta. If you can link him to Trump Wolf might have to change his pants... |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2017-08-29 13:05 |
| #5 How do they describe a weekend in Chicago? Unexpectedly low or showing how draconian gun control is the answer. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2017-08-29 12:11 |
| #4 Is he moslem? Asian, Hispanic, or indigenous in appearance. Muslim? Somebody would have to investigate. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-08-29 10:30 |
| #3 How do they describe a weekend in Chicago? They don't. It doesn't fit the narrative. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-08-29 10:23 |
| #2 Two and four is mass? How do they describe a weekend in Chicago? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-08-29 08:15 |
| #1 Is he moslem? |
| Posted by: newc 2017-08-29 00:30 |