Woman in stands hit by gunshot during Aggies-Lobos game

Mesilla Fire Chief Kevin Hoban, right, helps the stretcher crew

out of Aggie Memorial Stadium with a woman  reportedly

 shot in the right leg while attending the NMSU vs. UNM

 football game Saturday night. (Gary Mook/ for the Sun-News)

From the Las Cruces Sun-News - LAS CRUCES  A woman was transported from Aggie Memorial Stadium with an apparent gunshot wound Saturday during the football game between NMSU and UNM. The shot apparently came from outside of the stadium, perhaps by someone firing into the air in celebration, NMSU Police Chief Steven Lopez said. "It appears at this time that there may have been a woman injured from a bullet that may have been ... fired up in the air. Right now it's still very early in the investigation and that's about all we know at this point," Lopez said. "A priority was getting her treated and making sure things were secure in the vicinity where the incident happened. We haven't found any evidence to suggest something happened in the stands itself. But we are, as a precaution, pushing out an emergency message right now to the campus community." Lopez said the injuries did not appear to be life-threatening. Read report  Sunday the Las Cruces Sun-News released a follow-up report: LAS CRUCES The woman struck by a bullet while watching a football game at Aggie Memorial Stadium on Saturday night has been released from the hospital, according the New Mexico State University police. At about 8 p.m., just at the start of the third quarter of the NMSU-University of New Mexico game, the woman said she felt the bullet hit her thigh. A paramedic who happened to be sitting nearby initially attended to her, then she was transported to an El Paso hospital after receiving more treatment from emergency personnel at the stadium. NMSU police said Saturday the preliminary investigation seemed to indicate that the bullet had been fired into the air from outside the stadium.  NMSU Deputy Chief Andy Bowen said today some people were arrested for unrelated incidents, and the investigation into what appears to be an accidental shooting is ongoing. Read report

Woman in stands hit by gunshot during Aggies-Lobos game