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  • Bus driver reports Tucumcari student with gun

    Thomas Garcia QCS senior writer|Feb 4, 2013

    New Mexico State Police are investigating an incident involving a teenager accused of possessing a firearm at Tucumcari Middle School. On Jan. 29, a bus driver who had completed his route reported to a school secretary that a student was carrying a gun in a backpack, said Aaron McKinney, Tucumcari's school superintendent. It wasn't immediately clear how the unidentified driver knew the teen had a gun. McKinney said he contacted the state police immediately and informed them of the incident. Officers made contact with a 13-year-old and located...