AN ALARMING CALL TO THE UNM CAMPUS IN ALBUQUERQUE TUESDAY MORNING. UNM POLICE LIEUTENANT TIM STUMP SAYS A PERSON WITH A MUFFLED MALE VOICE TOLD SCHOOL OFFICIALS THAT BOMBS HAD BEEN PLACED IN THREE BUILDINGS … POPEJOY, ORTEGA HALL, AND MITCHELL HALL … AND WOULD GO OFF IN HALF AN HOUR. LIEUTENANT STUMP TELLS US THE CALLER DIDN'T INDICATE THE REASON. HE SAYS IT WAS A QUICK CALL AND OFFICERS COULD NOT TRACE THE CALL.
LIEUTENANT STUMP SAYS THEY SET OFF FIRE ALARMS TO GET EVERYONE OUT OF THOSE BUILDINGS AND CALLED APD TO BRING IN THEIR BOMB SNIFFING DOGS TO CHECK THE PREMISES. PERIMETERS WERE SET UP AROUND ALL THREE BUILDINGS. THEY WERE REOPENED SHORTLY AFTER 10AM AFTER OFFICERS FOUND NO BOMBS IN ANY OF THE THREE BUILDINGS.
MEANWHILE, BOTH TUESDAY PERFORMANCES OF THE NUTCRACKER BALLET FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE CANCELLED BECAUSE OF THE EVACUATIONS. TICKETS FOR PERFORMANCES AT 10:15 AM AND 12:15 AM WILL BE HONORED ON FRIDAY.
