"Rwlimp aiev massacre J-y r-j leaves 4 deadL 3 mlered. By Michael Scanlon El Paso Times LAS CRUCES - Seven people four of them children were herded into a bowling alley's office Saturday, shot one after another and left to burn by gunmen who set the bloody room afire, police said. Four died, including a 3-year-old girl. "What we have here is nothing but a massacre. You're talking about the assassination of kids," city police Capt. Fred Rubio said. He said robbery may have been the motive behind the brutal executions and "for some reason or other, they decided to rid themselves of any witnesses." "The persons who Suspect No. 2 committed this vicious crime ... are the only ones who know why," Rubio said. "God willing, we can apprehend whoever aid it and ask them why." All but two of the victims were shot in the head with a handgun, Rubio said. The carnage at Las Cruces , Bowl was discovered by firefighters at about 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Shotgun-wielding police and U.S. Border Patrol officers searching for two suspects quickly set up roadblocks on all roads leading out of Las Cruces. The roadblocks came down at about 2:30 p.m., but no arrests had been made. The dead, all of Las Cruces, were identified as Amy Houser, 13; Steve Teran, in his 30s, and his two daughters, Paula, 7, and Victoria, 3. Rubio, to whom all questions were directed, refused to identify the three survivors. All were taken to Memorial General Hospital in Las Cruces, which would release no information. Rubio said some of the survivors were in intensive care late Please see Massacre 2A Suspect No. 1 tf l:1 : . Rudy Gutierrez El Paso Times Las Cruces police Investigated a multiple murder Saturday at Las Cruces Bowl on Lohman. The killers shot four people to death and wounded three. Inside P Reaction: Shock, fear and sorrow spread through Las Cruces as residents learned of the bowling alley massacre that took the lives of four people, including three children. "This stuff doesn't happen here. No one knows what to expect anymore." 2A Family: Little Paula Teran, 7, liked to play jump rope with her friend Amber. Her parents were a happy couple, their neighbors said happy and very much in love 2A in ) 5 I 1 9 j - t M m m Jr ' ' t . . - K, 1 tf; h. if " " S- City police and Dona Ana County sheriff's deputies : manned a roadblock on 1-10 east outside Las Cruces in search of the murder suspects. AW 1( .Ml ..... :jv :'.': tv-;" r v
