The Las Cruces bowling alley massacre occurred in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on February 10, 1990. Seven people were shot, four fatally, by two unidentified robbers at the Las Cruces Bowling Alley.
I write about this because I just saw a rerun of Unsolved Mysteries, which featured the story.
The gunmen ordered the women and children to lie down while taking approximately $4,000 to $5,000 from the bowling alley’s safe. The gunmen shot the victims in an office, then set fire to a desk in the room and left the scene.
Police set up ten roadblocks surrounding Las Cruces within an hour and carefully screened anyone leaving the city. The U.S. Customs Service, U.S. Army, and U.S. Border Patrol searched the area with planes and helicopters but made no arrests.
Investigators believe the suspects were Latino or Hispanic with dark complexions. Both suspects were said to speak fluent English.
The case remains unsolved — which is why it was on Unsolved Mysteries.
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