8-29-2024 10:06pm

Police Incident Thursday Night Places White Sands Mall Placed Into Shelter in Place

Chris Edwards Editor

Thursday night around 8 pm White Sands Mall in Alamogordo was a scene for yet another police standoff. The Alamogordo Police was asking for civilians to avoid the areas around the mall from Taco Bell to the fairgrounds road area via a release from the Tularosa Dispatch Authority...

Officers asked mall managers to evacuate Melrose, Ross, Marshalls & Harbor Freight via their back entrances.

There was a barricaded parked car running in front of Subway with one occupant driver. An officer who asked to not to be identified ststed the suspect is a "known person of interest to the police and has been involved in a prior incidents.

The yet to be officially named subject was witnessed yelling out of the car window that he doesn't want to go back to jail and doesn't want to come out of the car at this time. The police have called in a Bearcat armored vehicle and backup from other agencies as the assailant is thought to be armed and dangerous in potentially harming himself or others.

This is an evolving situation and as of midnight was still ongoing with most evacuees escorted from the mall snd danger area. Further developments will be reported as confirmed by the Alamogordo Police Department.