{
  "id": "2024-09-21-university-of-new-mexico-lobo-village-stabbing",
  "slug": "university-of-new-mexico-lobo-village-stabbing-2024-09-21",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of New Mexico",
    "shortName": "UNM",
    "state": "NM",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "LoboAlerts",
    "enrollment": 22300
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-09-21",
    "endDate": "2024-09-22",
    "type": "stabbing",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headline": "Stabbed at Building 17: UNM's 11:20 PM Lobo Alert for the Lobo Village Party Fight",
    "summary": "Late on Saturday, September 21, 2024, UNM Police responded to a fight at Building 17 of the Lobo Village student-housing complex, where [a male UNM junior was stabbed multiple times in the back after an altercation at a party](https://www.dailylobo.com/article/2024/09/suspect-arrested-in-santa-fe-after-student-was-stabbed-repeatedly). UNM issued a [Lobo Alert at approximately 11:20 PM MDT](https://news.unm.edu/categories/advisories/lobo-alert-9-21-2024) describing the aggravated battery and the suspect, who had fled in a black Toyota sedan; the suspect and his girlfriend were detained in Santa Fe and an all-clear Lobo Alert was issued at about 1:00 AM MDT on September 22.",
    "outcome": "The victim, a UNM junior, was taken to UNM Hospital with multiple stab wounds to the back and was reported in stable condition. The suspect fled with his girlfriend toward Santa Fe, where Santa Fe Police detained both; the suspect was booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center and the girlfriend was released. UNM declared the threat resolved roughly an hour and a half after the first alert.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 1
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2024-09-21T23:20:00-06:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "Lobo Alert: Aggravated Battery at Lobo Village, 1200 Avenida Cesar Chavez SE. During a physical altercation, the offender stabbed one male victim. The alleged offender is described as a Hispanic young male, 5'6\", 150 lbs., thin build, dark brown hair, wearing a white t-shirt who fled the area in a black Toyota 4 door sedan. If you have any information regarding this incident or notice any suspicious behavior, please contact the UNM Police Department (UNMPD) at 505-277-2241. Reports can also be made in person 24/7 at UNMPD, located on Main Campus at west end of Hokona Hall (2500 Campus Blvd NE).",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://news.unm.edu/categories/advisories/lobo-alert-9-21-2024",
      "sourceDescription": "UNM UCAM Newsroom — official Lobo Alert archive page for 9.21.2024",
      "annotations": [
        "Issued at approximately 11:20 PM MDT on September 21, 2024 — the Daily Lobo reported the LoboAlert went out roughly one hour after UNMPD was dispatched to Building 17 of Lobo Village for the fight",
        "The alert classifies the incident as 'Aggravated Battery,' a Clery-reportable crime, which is why it was issued as a timely warning rather than an emergency notification despite the suspect having already fled campus",
        "Includes a full suspect physical description and getaway-vehicle detail (black Toyota 4-door sedan), reflecting that the offender was at large when the alert was sent",
        "The boilerplate UNMPD contact and in-person reporting language (Hokona Hall, 2500 Campus Blvd NE) is the standard footer UNM appends to its timely-warning Lobo Alerts"
      ],
      "characterCount": 601
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2024-09-22T01:00:00-06:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "Lobo Alert: Police activity at Lobo Village has ended. The alleged offender is in custody. There is no longer a threat.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://news.unm.edu/categories/advisories/lobo-alert-9-21-2024",
      "sourceDescription": "UNM UCAM Newsroom — official Lobo Alert archive page (update appended to the 9.21.2024 advisory)",
      "annotations": [
        "Sent at approximately 1:00 AM MDT on September 22, 2024, about 100 minutes after the initial alert, once the suspect and his girlfriend had been detained by Santa Fe Police",
        "This message explicitly lifts the threat ('There is no longer a threat'), making it a genuine all-clear rather than an update — distinct from UNM's frequent 'avoid the area' interim updates",
        "The custody status was confirmed even though the arrest occurred off campus in Santa Fe, roughly 60 miles north of Albuquerque"
      ],
      "characterCount": 119
    }
  ],
  "context": "[Lobo Village](https://housing.unm.edu/) is a privately managed student-housing complex at 1200 Avenida Cesar Chavez SE on the south edge of the [University of New Mexico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_New_Mexico) campus in Albuquerque, the state's flagship public R1 university. On the night of Saturday, September 21, 2024, UNM Police were dispatched to Building 17 for a fight and learned en route that someone had possibly been stabbed; officers arrived to find [a UNM junior with multiple stab wounds to his back](https://www.dailylobo.com/article/2024/09/suspect-arrested-in-santa-fe-after-student-was-stabbed-repeatedly) following an altercation at a party. UNM issued its first [Lobo Alert at about 11:20 PM MDT](https://news.unm.edu/categories/advisories/lobo-alert-9-21-2024), describing the aggravated battery and a fleeing suspect in a black Toyota sedan, and an all-clear at roughly 1:00 AM. The suspect and his girlfriend [fled to Santa Fe, where Santa Fe Police detained both](https://abqraw.com/post/unm-pd-investigating-stabbing-on-unm-campus/); the suspect was booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center. The incident was one of a string of Lobo Village safety events that drew scrutiny in 2024-2025, including [a January 2025 shooting at the same complex](https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/unm-steps-up-security-after-second-shooting-at-lobo-village/) that prompted UNM to step up security. The verbatim alert text is preserved on UNM's own UCAM Newsroom advisory archive.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "UNM treated the off-campus-housing aggravated battery as a Clery timely warning, issuing a full suspect description and getaway-vehicle detail roughly an hour after officers were dispatched to Building 17",
    "The all-clear was sent about 100 minutes after the first alert, once Santa Fe Police detained the suspect some 60 miles from campus — illustrating that an 'all-clear' can follow an off-campus arrest",
    "Lobo Village recurred as an alert location: this September 2024 stabbing was followed by a January 2025 shooting at the same complex, contributing to UNM's stepped-up campus-housing security"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Lobo Alert – 9.21.2024 (UNM UCAM Newsroom)",
      "url": "https://news.unm.edu/categories/advisories/lobo-alert-9-21-2024",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Suspect arrested in Santa Fe after student was stabbed repeatedly (The Daily Lobo)",
      "url": "https://www.dailylobo.com/article/2024/09/suspect-arrested-in-santa-fe-after-student-was-stabbed-repeatedly",
      "type": "student-newspaper"
    },
    {
      "title": "UNM PD Investigating Stabbing on UNM Campus (ABQ RAW)",
      "url": "https://abqraw.com/post/unm-pd-investigating-stabbing-on-unm-campus/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Police seek info on overnight stabbing, robbery at UNM (KOB 4)",
      "url": "https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/police-search-for-suspect-in-stabbing-robbery-on-unm-campus/",
      "type": "local-media"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "stabbing",
    "aggravated-battery",
    "timely-warning",
    "public-r1",
    "new-mexico",
    "lobo-village",
    "campus-housing",
    "suspect-fled",
    "all-clear",
    "loboalerts"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-06-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-06-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}