State, native, pueblo and county legislation enforcement and medics responded to a report of an alleged stabbing at Taos Excessive Faculty Monday afternoon (Sept. 19).
Studies of the incident have been overheard on a police scanner round 4 p.m. Monday, with an officer on the scene reporting {that a} suspect had been taken into custody and that the decision might be downgraded. Radio experiences additionally indicated that at the least one sufferer was concerned within the incident, however the affected person’s situation was not generally known as of Monday night.
Two Taos Excessive Faculty workers who spoke on the situation of anonymity confirmed that the sufferer was a pupil who had been stabbed by at the least one assailant, probably within the neck.
As of 5:30 p.m., a number of state and city police automobiles have been nonetheless in the highschool’s entrance car parking zone and surrounded a dark-in-color GMC Yukon. Dried blood gave the impression to be seen on the rear proper passenger facet door of the automobile, and a hat and mobile phone have been on the bottom close by.
In an electronic mail, Taos Police Chief John Wentz mentioned that state police will likely be dealing with the investigation, however Dominic Lucero, the commander of the Taos state police district, had not responded to requests for info as of Monday night.
In a cellphone name Monday after 5 p.m. Interim Taos Municipal Colleges Superintendent Valerie Trujillo wouldn’t affirm a stabbing had taken place. “I can affirm there was an incident at Taos Excessive Faculty,” she mentioned.
Trujillo mentioned the college district will likely be issuing a press launch concerning the incident.
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