ALBUQUERQUE CITY HALL IS ALL CLEAR AFTER CITY POLICE WENT DOOR-TO-DOOR AND FLOOR-TO-FLOOR EARLY MONDAY EVENING IN SEARCH OF A REPORTED ACTIVE SHOOTER AND POSSIBLE HOSTAGE SITUATION. IT STARTED JUST BEFORE 6PM. OFFICERS SEARCHED THE BUILDING AFTER MAKING SURE THOSE INSIDE WERE MADE SAFE. APD LATER CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS NO ACTIVE SHOOTER.
POLICE SAY THE THREAT MAY HAVE BEEN A HOAX OR COPYCAT OF THE WEEKEND MASS SHOOTING AT A GAY NIGHT CLUB IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA.
SHORTLY AFTER 7PM A MAN WAS LED FROM THE BUILDING IN HANDCUFFS. OTHERS INSIDE … INCLUDING SOME CITY COUNCILORS … WERE RELEASED. THE MAN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY MAY NOT FACE CHARGES, SO HIS NAME ISN’T BEING RELEASED.
APD SAYS IT TOOK THE SITUATION VERY SERIOUSLY AFTER THE ORLANDO NIGHT CLUB SHOOTINGS.
