Three people were killed, including a suspect police described as an active shooter, after an incident Monday in Farmington, New Mexico. Police said there were multiple civilian victims, two police officers wounded, and several schools throughout the community were put in lockdown.
“The details we have are that multiple officers from the Farmington Police Department were involved in an officer-involved shooting,” police said in a Facebook post. “One suspect was confronted and killed on scene.”
Police provided few initial details to the public. Officials said in a Facebook post that multiple officers from the Farmington Police Department were involved in the shooting. They said a suspect was confronted and killed. The suspect was not named. Police said there were no other known threats.
An officer from the Farmington Police Department and one from New Mexico State Police were shot. They are being treated at the San Juan Regional Medical Center for injuries and were in stable condition.
Monday’s incident in New Mexico is the 224th mass shooting in the U.S. so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are shot or killed, not including the shooter.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said in a statement Monday afternoon that there is no apparent ongoing threat to public safety.
“I am receiving frequent updates on the situation in Farmington as it evolves. I am grateful to law enforcement for their quick response and that there does not appear to be any ongoing threat to public safety,” she said. “I have directed the state to provide whatever support the city and county need as they conduct a thorough investigation and as the community begins to heal. I am praying for the families of the victims, the wounded and the entire community of Farmington following this horrific tragedy.”
Officers from the Farmington Police Department, San Juan County Sheriff’s Office and the New Mexico State Police were investigating the shooting.
The shooting led to “preventative lockdowns” of the Farmington Municipal Schools at the request of police, the school district said. The lockdowns were lifted early Monday afternoon.
Farmington, a city of more than 45,000 people in northwestern New Mexico, is about 200 miles north of Albuquerque near the Colorado border.
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