Members of the crowd scurry for cover as 5 shots are fired. FMTNews Protest
Albuquerque police detain members of the New Mexico Civil Guard, an armed civilian group on June 15.
The Albuquerque Journal newspaper reported that the shooting erupted during a clash between protesters trying to pull down a statue of Juan de Oñate and several heavily armed members of a civilian militia group called the New Mexico Civil Guard. According to the Journal’s account, one man involved in a physical altercation with the protesters appeared to draw a gun and fire five shots after he was pushed onto the street, sending members of the crowd scurrying for cover as one person yelled, “Somebody got shot”.
Video footage posted to social media from the scene appeared to show one man lying on the ground as several other people tried to render assistance.
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