Clovis Police investigate Friday night shooting
Media Release, Clovis Police Department
Clovis, NM – On Friday, August 15th, at about 11:46 p.m., Clovis Police Department Dispatch received a call in reference to the caller hearing eleven to sixteen gunshots. The caller stated a gray in color car drove north on Norris Street from Mabry Drive. Officers arrived on scene where they located thirty bullet casings of two separate calibers, in the roadway.
At about 11:52 p.m., Clovis Police Department Dispatch was called by Plains Regional Medical Center in reference to victims who appeared to have sustained gunshot related injuries. Detectives of the Clovis Police Department Special Operations Unit were activated to investigate this incident.
Detectives contacted two juvenile males, aged 15 and 16, at PRMC. The vehicle that was driven by the males to the hospital was gray in color and appeared to be damaged by bullet impacts. The 15-year-old male, had received injuries to his face and eyes. The 16-year-old male driver was not injured and refused to speak without a lawyer. The 15-year-old male was transported to a Lubbock, Texas area hospital for additional care.
Anyone with relative information about this incident, please call the non-emergency line at 575-769-1921. The Clovis Police Department would like to remind you that information can also be provided anonymously by using the Clovis Police Department’s tip411 program, accessed by going to www.police.cityofclovis.org. Anonymous tips can be provided to the Curry County Crime Stoppers at 575-763-7000.
