Police Investigate Accidental Discharge of Firearm at Local Middle School
Las Cruces police are investigating the accidental discharge of a firearm by a school resource officer at a local middle school.
About 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, a school resource officer accidentally discharged his duty-issued handgun in his office at Picacho Middle School, striking a wall. No one was struck by the accidental discharge.
The circumstances surrounding the accidental discharge are being investigated by LCPD’s Internal Affairs office.
The officer has been employed by LCPD for eight years and has been a school resource officer, or SRO, since August 2015.
