On Thursday, December 7th, 2017, authorities responded to a shooting at a high school in northwest New Mexico.

^[0]An unnamed suspect open fired on a group of students within the Aztec High School premises. The gunman killed two people and injured 15 others. ^[8]Law enforcement later reported that the gunman was also killed though as of yet, it has not been confirmed how he died. ^[6]

According to the San Juan County Sheriff’s office, Aztec High School, a school of about 1,000 students near the Colorado border, was evacuated after a gunman open fired, injuring close to 15 people and killing two.

Other schools in the area were also placed on lockdown and evacuated.

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The FBI and New Mexico state police are investigating.

^[8] Paco Fernandez and Casey Jordan were identified as the victims. ^[2]