Shootout at Highland High

GUNFIRE OUTSIDE AN ALBUQUERQUE HIGH SCHOOL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. APD SAYS TWO MEN GOT INTO A FIST FIGHT NEAR HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL AROUND 2:30, A FIGHT THAT QUICKLY ESCALATED. POLICE SAY ONE MAN WAS ARMED WITH A BAT, THE OTHER WITH A METAL PIPE. THAT MAN THEN PRODUCED A GUN AND SHOT THE MAN WITH THE BAT. HIS INJURIES ARE APPARENTLY NOT LIFE-THREATENING.

APD OFFICER SIMON DROBIK SAYS ONE OF THE MEN HAS A STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL. HE SAYS THE SCHOOL WAS NOT TARGETED AND THIS IS NOT AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION.

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