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Monday, July 12, 2010

(Updated) Albuquerque Police Revise Dead from 6 to 3 in Emcore Shooting, Including Gunman, With 4 Wounded

Update: KOAT-7 has published a photo of Robert Reza, who has been identified as the gunman who fired the shots at Emcore and then shot and killed himself. The company will reportedly be closed for at least the next 3 days. According to KOB, the four people wounded are expected to survive. "Two women and a man are in stable condition tonight at UNM Hospital. Officials report the three have been awake and responsive. A fourth person, another female, is in guarded condition and is being watched after surgery."
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I posted earlier that ten people had been shot by a 37-year-old male who, until about a year ago, was an employee at Emcore in Albuquerque -- with six fatalities, including the gunman. Later this afternoon those numbers were revised by the Albuquerque Police Department to a total of three dead, including the shooter, and four more wounded. The gunman shot and killed himself after shooting the other victims on the premises of Emcore, located on Eubank at Gibson. The company manufactures fiber optics.

KOB News is reporting that:

Earlier Monday, Police Chief Ray Schultz said there were six dead. He explained at a news conference later that responding officers had seen people down and believed they were dead then continued into the building to search for the gunman. Another discrepancy was due to miscommunication at University of New Mexico Hospital where one victim died but it was reported as two deaths.

Click to see KOB's raw video of this afternoon's press conference with APD Police Chief Ray Schultz discussing the change in the numbers. Another APD press conference is scheduled for 7:00 PM tonight.

According to APD, it's been determined that the killings were related to a workplace domestic violence incident. A woman who was shot was the live-in partner of the shooter. Chief Schultz said that he believes the gunman was looking for someone else after shooting his girlfriend.

According to a Tweet by KOB's Gadi Schwartz (@GadiRoget) about an hour ago, "Police say co-workers told them #EMCORE gunmans girlfriend had talked about feeling unsafe and was planning on filing a DV report." Another Tweet by Schwartz two hours ago said, "2 shootings happened outside 1 happened inside #emcore building. shooter used handgun."

APD originally arrived on the scene at Emcore about 9:30 AM this morning.

July 12, 2010 at 04:40 PM in Crime | Permalink

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