GALLUP, N.M. (AP) - One man is in critical condition and police are searching for two others following a shooting outside the historic El Rancho Hotel in Gallup.
Gallup police officers who were in the area heard numerous shots being fired at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, KOB-TV reported Thursday.
The officers said they saw a man reloading a firearm and ordered him to get onto the ground where he was handcuffed. They then realized the man had been shot in the right torso and began rendering medical aid.
Police determined the man had been firing at two others in the hotel parking lot, who also were armed and returned fire. They fled the scene in a white, newer-model, extended cab Toyota Tundra, police said.
The injured man who was detained was in critical condition Thursday at a local hospital. His name has not been released.
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