A fatal shooting has rocked a tiny New Mexico town, leaving two people dead. Two people were killed and four others injured in a shooting at a downtown public library in Clovis, PEOPLE confirms. At a press conference Monday evening, Clovis Police Chief Douglas Ford said the shooter, reportedly a 16-year-old male, has been taken into custody. “We immediately went into the building and made contact with the suspect who gave up,” he said. Ford said the suspect’s motive is unclear as the investigation is at a “very young stage.” Ford said the two fatalities were female. The four injured, two males and two females, were initially taken to the Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. “Three of them have been sent to Lubbock, Texas,” Tom Phelps, the interim city manager with the City of Clovis tells PEOPLE. The ages of those killed and injured in the incident have not been released as police notify the families. “We have been hit hard and we are a community that will ge...
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