Family slayings near Las Palomas shock ranch community
Police say Wesley Snyder shot and killed his wife Ruth and daughters Holly Kyla and Corrie in their doublewide home before killing himself. Neighbors describe him as kind, with authorities citing alcohol abuse and domestic violence history, though a family friend disputes that.
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Las Palomas
Wesley Snyder
Holly
Kyla
Corrie
Catron County
Cliff Snyder
Ruth Snyder
Staged catastrophe tests Roswell emergency readiness
Roswell and Chaves County emergency teams staged a mass casualty drill at Goddard High School to evaluate interagency response. The exercise involved a hostage scenario with shootings and a possible chemical incident, aided by Med-Air II and hazardous materials units from the National Guard and Roswell Fire Department.
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Roswell
Goddard High School
Chaves County
Office of Emergency Management
New Mexico National Guard
Santa Fe
Teresa Mobley
Mobley
Eastern
New Mexico Medical Center
National Guard and
Roswell Fire Department
Shane Olive
Jason Penn
Tina Gomez
New Mexico Air National Guard
Roswell/Chaves County
Roswell Enjoys Fifth UFO Festival Packed With Visitors
Roswell celebrated its fifth annual UFO Festival with about 5000 attendees per local estimates and up to 6700 on guest registries at the International UFO Museum and Research Center. Friday drew the largest crowd, and organizers credited strong hotel, restaurant, and retail activity as a sign of success.
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Roswell
Silvie Nelson
Chamber of Commerce
New Mexico
International Ufo Museum and Research Center
Nelson
Julie Shuster
Ballistic tests raise questions in Gallup officer shooting
Ballistics expert Nelson Welch found 17 bullets in the trailer walls from a 9mm gun, while suspect Robert Kiro owned a .45-caliber weapon. The hearing considered if the officer Cpl. Larry Brian Mitchell was killed by another bullet, not Kiro, amid a May standoff in Gallup.
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Gallup (Ap
Gallup
Larry Brian Mitchell
Nelson Welch
Rio Rancho
Robert Kiro
Gail Evans
Kiro
Evans
Welch
Mitchell
State Public Defenders
McKinley County
U S rejects arms plan at United Nations conference
The United States opposed a final document that would curb the legal weapons trade or affect citizens right to own guns. John Bolton said the U S would not back measures conflicting with the right to keep and bear arms.189 nations met to discuss stopping illicit small arms flows amid wide split on regulation and self defense.
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United Nations
U.N
United States
John Bolton
Bolton
U.S
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Libicer
Troy Boykin
Ruth
Libber
Laurie Schneberger
David Urban
Sierra County
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Ryan Burder
Roswell Museum and Art Center
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