A DANGEROUS SITUATION PLAYS OUT IN ANTHONY NEW MEXICO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. STATE POLICE SERGEANT ELIZABETH ARMIJO SAYS AN ARMED MAN ENTERED THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT BUILDING AND SHOT A SECURITY GUARD.
ARMIJO SAYS THEY HAVE NO INDICATION THE SHOOTING HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE SECURITY GUARD, OTHER THAN HE INTERVENED, SO WAS SHOT.
THE MAN THEN FLED. A SHORT TIME LATER EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES LOCATED THE SUSPECT BUT FOUND HIM DEAD FROM A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND. THE GUARD IS IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION. NO I-D’S HAVE BEEN RELEASED.
