AN ONLINE ARTICLE THAT RAN OVER THE WEEKEND REPORTING A MASS SHOOTING IN ALBUQUERQUE PULLED A LOT OF PEOPLE IN … BUT IT WAS A HOAX. AND APD NOW SAYS THE ONLINE STORY COULD BE LINKED TO A VIRUS. SPOKESPERSON CELINA ESPINOZA ADVISES THAT YOU NOT SHARE OR POST THE STORY IF YOU COME ACROSS IT
THE ONLINE STORY CLAIMED 14 PEOPLE HAD BEEN KILLED AND ANOTHER 44 INJURED. ESPINOZA SAYS THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO TRUTH TO THE ARTICLE. THERE WAS NO SUCH SHOOTING IN ALBUQUERQUE. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE FELL FOR IT AND APD SAYS DISPATCHERS TOOK THEIR SHARE OF CALLS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT THE SHOOTING … TYING UP PHONE LINES.
THE WEB SITE REFERENCED CNN AS ITS SOURCE.
