Hi there, the same rules apply here as the True crime from around the world book, if I couldn't find a true crime case, it was replaced by a plane crash.
This case takes us to the state of New Mexico, which is located next to the following states: Arizona, Chihuahua (Mexico), Texas, Oklahoma, Utah and Colorado.
WARNINGS OF MURDER AND SHOOTING
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The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre occurred in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on the 10th of February 1990, seven people were shot, four were killed, they were shot by two unidentified robbers at the Las Cruces Bowling Alley at 1201 East Amador Avenue, the gunmen shot the victims in an office, then set fire to a desk in the room and left the scene, the cause of the shooting and murder are currently unsolved.
The Alley's cook was in the kitchen when two men entered through an unlocked door, one man pulled out a .22 caliber pistol on the cook and he ordered the cook into the managers office, where the manager and her daughter and her daughters friend were already being held by the other gunman.
The gunmen took approximately $4,000 to $5,000 from the Bowling Alley's safe, soon after the Alley's pin mechanic entered the office after they couldn't find the manager, so he entered the office and stumbled across the crime scene, the pin mechanic also had his two daughters with him, the two gunmen then shot all seven victims multiple times at point blank range, they then set the office on fire by igniting some papers before they left the Bowling Alley.
The fire was reported at 8:33am, officers responding to the call discovered that Amy Houser (13 years old, she was friends with Melissa Repass), Paula Holguin (6 years old, daughter of Steve Teran) and Steve Teran (26 year old pin mechanic) had died at the scene, Valerie Teran (2 years old, daughter of Steve Teran) was rushed to a hospital but she was declared dead on arriving to the hospital, Melissa Repass (12 years old, daughter of Stephanie Senac) despite's being shot five times, managed to call 911 (000) on the office phone, allowing emergency services to respond immediately and saving Melissa's life along with her mother's life (34 year old, Stephanie Senac) and Ida Holguin's (The Alley's cook), however Stephanie Senac died in 1999 due to complications from her injures, no arrests were made from the crime.
