SEVERAL BUILDINGS ON THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO CAMPUS ARE EVACUATED TUESDAY MORNING AFTER THE SCHOOL GETS A BOMB SCARE CALL. UNM CAMPUS POLICE LIEUTENANT TIM STUMP SAYS IT WAS A MAN MAKING THE CALL, SPEAKING WITH A MUFFLED VOICE LT. STUMP SAYS THE MAN SAID BOMBS HAD BEEN SET IN THREE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS TO GO OFF AT 8:35AM.
CAMPUS POLICE OFFICERS WERE SENT TO ALL THREE BUILDINGS … ORTEGA HALL, POPEJOY, AND MITCHELL HALL. THEY SET OFF FIRE ALARMS TO GET EVERYONE OUT … THEN CALLED APD TO BRING IN THEIR BOMB SNIFFING DOGS TO MAKE SURE THE BUILDINGS ARE SAFE.
LT. STUMP SAYS ONCE THEY GET THE "ALL CLEAR" FROM POLICE … THEY'LL REOPEN THE BUILDINGS … BUT UNTIL THEN, THERE'S A PERIMETER AROUND THE AREA. 770 KKOB WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.
