RED RIVER, N.M. (AP) — 3 other people have been killed and 5 have been wounded in a capturing at an annual motorbike rally in a New Mexico the town past due Saturday afternoon, the mayor mentioned.
Crimson River Mayor Linda Calhoun mentioned in a video posted on Fb that the capturing round 5 p.m. led to 3 fatalities and 5 sufferers have been transported to hospitals in Denver, Albuquerque and within reach Taos.
The forty first annual Crimson River Memorial Bike Rally drew about 20,000 bikers to the city, Calhoun mentioned.
The violence happened between two retail shops and concerned individuals of bike gangs, Calhoun mentioned.
“The shooters have all been apprehended,” she mentioned. “There is not any risk to the group in any respect.”
The New Mexico State Police in the past mentioned in a Twitter submit that two other people have been killed and 6 have been wounded within the capturing.
Maximum of Primary Side road in Crimson River, the place the capturing happened, was once closed to the general public for the investigation and legislation enforcement asked companies within the space stay closed on Sunday, Calhoun mentioned in a remark.
“Our primary precedence is the protection and wellbeing of our local people,” Calhoun mentioned. “We respect your cooperation and figuring out as we paintings thru this very tricky time in combination.”
Probably the most sufferers have been being handled at Holy Move Clinic in Taos, about 36 miles (58 kilometers) southeast of Crimson River. The Taos Police Division and the Taos County Sheriff’s Place of business secured the health facility, the state police mentioned on Twitter.
One sufferer was once airlifted to a health facility in Denver, the state police mentioned.
Sufferers additionally have been transported to the College of New Mexico Clinic, which was once secured via the Albuquerque Police Division, KRQE reported.
Taos Mayor Pascual Maestas issued an emergency proclamation striking the city beneath a curfew from 10 p.m. Saturday till 4 a.m. Sunday with an instantaneous prohibition on alcohol gross sales.