NM - Two killed, 4 injured in Emcore shooting, Albuquerque, 12 July 2010

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - One 37-year-old man shot and killed five individuals as well as injured four others in a mass shooting late Monday morning, according to police.

According to police, the shooter entered the Emcore Corporation building late Monday morning and started to shoot. When police arrived at 9:29 a.m., they found multiple people injured from gunshot wounds. Two people were found dead on the scene preliminarily, four others were found injured. Two of those individuals are in stable condition and two are still in emergency care.

After searching the building more extensively, police allegedly found three more people dead from gunshot wounds as well as a person they believe was the shooter. The shooter had a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to police.

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cluciano63 said:

This is about 5 miles from me...and of course, they can't interupt the soaps to report on it...even though at first it was first thought that there was a gunman on the base as it is very close to Kirtland AFB.

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tk71texas said:

http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/crime/shooting-suspect-flees-from-police

it's a mean world out there..........

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Schultz gave this account of the early events:

•9:26 a.m.: 911 callers report a gunman shooting people at Emcore Corp. Building 2 at 1600 Eubank Blvd. SE.

•9:27 a.m.: The first officer arrives on the scene and soon is joined by four more including a sergeant and lieutenant.

•9:29 a.m.: The five officers formed as an "active-shooter response team" enter the building focused on isolating the gunman.

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Lovejac said:

WOW, what an awesome response time. God bless the family members of the victims.

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