Sheriff: Three juveniles robbed at gunpoint outside Clovis

Apr. 13—Three juveniles were robbed at gunpoint and shot at on Saturday afternoon outside Clovis, Curry County Sheriff Michael Brockett said.

No injuries were reported. One suspect is in custody and law officers on Saturday night were looking for another suspect.

Police were notified of the incident about 2:30 p.m.

According to a news release from Brockett, a farmer near the intersection of Curry Road O and NM State Road 245 was approached by three juveniles who said they'd been robbed.

The victims, two from Clovis and one from Portales, had been in a vehicle with four other juveniles when the robbery occurred.

"(T)he vehicle was stopped and two of the juveniles brandished firearms," Brockett said in the news release.

"They ordered the victims to turn over their belongings, and after having done so, the juveniles brandishing the firearms began firing the weapons toward the feet of the victims who ran into a field (and toward the farmer)."

Soon after, Clovis police located the vehicle in the 1000 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. "Several firearms were recovered from the vehicle during the execution of a search warrant," Brockett said.

A 15-year-old juvenile was arrested and charged with armed robbery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and false imprisonment, Brockett said. He was taken to a juvenile lockup in Lea County.

Brockett said one other suspect was at large Saturday. He described the other juveniles as "uncooperative witnesses."

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