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WEBVTT KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS AT 6:00 STARTS RIGHT NOW. >> HIS NAME IS WADE NELSON. SHELLY: A MAN SHOOTS THREE PEOPLE AT A WAREHOUSE ACROSS FROM THE SUNPORT. POLICE SAY THEY FOUND THE SUSPECT, WAID MELTON, DEAD. OVERNIGH DOUG: WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE ON THIS SHOOTING. REPORTER JUSTIN MATTHEWS TELLS US MORE ABOUT THE SUSPECT’S PAST. MARISSA ARMAS UPDATES US ON THE VICTIMS, AND KAY DIMANCHE TALKS TO WITNESSES. SHELLY: BUT FIRST, WE START WITH ACTION 7 NEWS ANCHOR CHRISTINE PAE. SHE WAS AT THE NEWS CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON, WHERE POLICE GAVE US NEW DETAILS ON WHAT HAPPENED CHRISTINE? REPORTER: RIGHT, WE NOW KNOW WAID MELTON KILLED HIMSELF AFTER OLICE SPENT HOURS NEGOTIATING WITH HIM OVER THE PHON WE ALSO FOUND OUT THIS WAREHOUSE SHOOTING LAST NIGHT LASTED NO MORE THAN ONE MINUTE OR SO. TONIGHT, MAYOR TIM KELLER SAYING THIS IS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A PERSISTENT GUN VIOLENCE PROBLEM. >> WE SHOULD NEVER ACCEPT THIS AS NORMAL OR AS THE WAY THINGS ARE. REPORTER: A SOMBER TONE FROM MAYOR TIM KELLER. AS HE AND APD CHIEF MICHAEL GEIER SHED SOME LIGHT ON A WORKPLACE SHOOTING MONDAY NIGHT. >> WE DO BELIEVE HOPEFULLY THAT THE NEW GOVERNOR, THE LEGISLATURE IN SESSION, WE CAN FINALLY ADDRESS SOME OF THESE COMMON SENSE ANTI-GUN VIOLENCE POLICIES. REPORTER: POLICE SAY WAID MELTON HAD A SINGLE HANDGUN, WHEN H ENTERED THE BEN E. KEITH COMPA WAREHOUSE JUST AFTER 6:00 P.M. >> AS FAR AS HOW HE OBTAINED THAT GUN, THAT GUN HASN’T BEEN INVESTIGATED YET OTHER THAN IT HAS BEEN SECURED FROM THE SCENE AND TURNED OVER TO THE CRIME LAB. REPORTER: APD INVESTIGATORS STILL DIGGING FOR A MOTIVE. AND WORKING OFF SOME CLUES. >> WE HAD HEARD SOMETHING THAT HE MAY HAVE BEEN PASSED OVER FOR A PROMOTION. REPORTER: GEIER ADDING THAT MELTON POSSIBLY HAD MENTAL HEALTH AND DRUG ISSUES. WHAT POLICE DO KNOW FOR SURE. MELTON WAS AN EMPLOYEE AT THE WAREHOUSE, AND IT WAS HIS DAY OFF WHEN THE SHOOTING HAPPENED. THE WAY HE TRIED TO BLOCK WORKERS FROM ESCAPING IS CHILLING. >> WE UNDERSTAND THAT HE DID USE A FORKLIFT TO BLOCK ONE OF THE EXIT DOORS. REPORTER: MELTON ESCAPED AFTER THE SHOTS WERE FIRED. BUT POLICE PINGED HIS CELL PHONE AND NEGOTIATED WITH HIM FOR HOURS OVER THE PHONE, BEFORE HE KILLED HIMSELF. >> WE ACTUALLY HAD A NEGOTIATOR ON THE PHONE WITH HIM WHEN HE HEARD THE SHOT REPORTER THAT LAST FATAL SHOT WAS AT 11:40 P.M. WE KNOW HIS TRUCK IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING SEARCHED. LIVE IN ALBUQUERQUE, CHRISTINE PAE, KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. SHELLY: BEN E. KEITH FOODS COMPANY SAYS IT WILL BE OFFERING COUNSELING FOR ITS EMPLOYEES. DOUG: POLICE HAD TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE SAFE WHILE GETTING TO THE VICTIMS. WE WENT THROUGH HOURS OF THEIR DISPATCH CALLS, LISTENING TO HOW THEY APPROACHED THE SITUATIO >> SUBJECT WALKED IN WITH A GUN. STARTED SHOOTING. IT IS UNKNOWN WHERE HE IS AT THIS TIME. STATING MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SHOT. DOUG: POLICE RESPOND TO BEN E. KEITH FOODS JUST AFTER 6 MONDAY -- 6:00 MONDAY NIGHT. RIGHT AWAY, THEY START THEIR SEARCH FOR THE SHOOTER, AND FIND THE VICTIMS. >> THE SCENE IS SECURE, CLEAR TO ENTER. >> WE’VE GOT A SUBJECT DOWN HE NEEDS MEDICAL TREATMENT IMMEDIATELY. DOUG: BUT AFTER 20 MINUTES, THEY HAVEN’T FOUND THE SUSPECT, WAID MELTON. OFFICERS FIND SEARCHING THE SPACE, IS A DIFFICULT TASK. >> COMMERCIAL BUILDING IT’S GOING TO BE A WAREHOUSE. >> IT RESEMBLES COSTCO, ON THE INSIDE. DOUG: THEN, OFFICERS THINK THEY’VE FOUND HIM. >> JUST AN UPDATE. WE HAD A LIGHT GO OFF, AND THEN WE HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A CLANK INSIDE. DOUG: BUT IT’S NOT HIM. AND MINUTES LATER, THE BUILDING IS CLEARED. >> THE CLEANING CREW IS ACCOUNTED FOR YOU HAVE NO ONE LEFT IN THAT BUILDING. DOUG: IT WAS CLEAR AFTER 9:00 LAST NIGHT. SHELLY: WE CONTINUE OUR TEAM COVERAGE WITH ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER JUSTIN MATTHEWS WHO FOUND OUT THE SHOOTER HAS A HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNES REPORTER: THE DOCUMENTS I WENT THROUGH TODAY SHOW WAID MELTON HAD RUN-INS WITH POLICE BUT DOES NOT HAVE A CRIMINAL HISTORY. IN AN ALBUQUERQUE POLICE INCIDENT REPORT I OBTAINED, IT SAYS MELTON WAS 17-YEARS-OLD WHEN MELTON WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE UNM PSYCIATRIC CENTER PURSUANT TO A CERTIFICATE FOR EVALUATION. THE REPORT DOES NOT SAY WHY HE WAS BEING EVALUATED, BUT IT DOES SAY HE LISTENED TO THE OFFICERS COMMANDS. FASTFORWARDING ABOUT FOUR YEARS. ANOTHER DOCUMENT I FOUND SHOWS OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO MELTON’S APARTMENT BECAUSE OF A DOMESTIC DISPUTE. SAYING HE GOT INTO A VERBAL ARGUMENT WITH HIS GIRLFRIE OVER THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION. DESPITE THESE RUN-INS WITH OFFICERS, HE HAS NEVER BEEN ARRESTED. OTHER DOCUMENTS I LOOKED THROUGH SHOW MELTON WAS LIVING IN A HOME A SWAT TEAM WAS CALLED OUT T AND ARRESTED TO ADULTS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING. MELTON WAS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY OF THE CRIMINAL CHARGES. JUSTIN MATTHEWS, KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. DOUG: TONIGHT WE’RE ALSO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE VICTIMS. ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER MARISSA ARMAS IS AT UNM HOSPITAL, WITH THE LATEST ON THEIR CONDITIONS. REPORTER: ALL 3 OF THESE VICTI HAVE BEEN AT UNMH SINCE ABOUT 7:00 P.M. LAST NIGHT. POLICE SAY THE VICTIMS ALL WORKED WITH THE SUSPECT, AND TONIGHT TWO ARE STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THREE MEN WHO WORKED ALONG SIDE SHOOTING SUSPECT WAID MELT BECAME VICTIMS ON MONDAY NIGHT. >> ALL 3 WERE INITIALLY CRITICAL CONDITION WITH POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING INJURIES, THEY REQUIRED OPERATIVE INTERVENTION. REPORTER: WHEN POLICE GOT TO THE WAREHOUSE THEY FOUND THREE MEN WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS. POLICE OFFICERS DRAGGED THEM OUTSIDE AND DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO SAVE THEIR LIVES. >> THE OFFICERS DID A HEROIC J UNDER EXTREMELY IFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. REPORTER: TWO OF THE 3 MEN ARE STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION, ONE IS NOW STABLE, OFFICIALS COULD NOT TELL US HOW MANY TIMES EACH HAD BEEN SHOT. >> OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH OUR PATIENTS AND WITH THEIR FAMILIES. FORTUNATELY THEY ARE ALL CLINICALLY IMPROVING AND WE HOPE THAT THAT CONTINUE REPORTER: THE NAMES OF THE VICTIMS HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED YET, BUT OFFICIALS DID CONFIRM THAT THEY ARE ALL YOUNG TO MIDDLE AGED MEN. >> ON BEHALF OF THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THESE MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES. >> IT IS GREAT THAT WE CAN TELL FAMILIES, THEY CAME OUT OF IT. REPORTER: A FAMILY MEMBER OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS WHO DID NOT WANT TO GO ON CAMERA HAD TRAVELED T ALBUQUERQUE FROM TEXAS WHEN SHE HEARD THE NEWS. RIGHT NOW THE MAYOR SAYS THEY ARE OFFERING SUPPORT AND COUNSELING TO THE VICTIMS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND ANYONE ELSE INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING. REPORTING IN ALBUQUERQUE, MARISSA ARMAS, KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. DOUG: DOZENS OF EMPLOYEES WERE INSIDE WORKING WHEN THE SUSPECT OPENED FIRE. ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER KAY DIMANCHE TALKED TO ONE OF THEM. IT’S AN INTERVIEW YOU’LL HEAR, ONLY ON REPORTER: TODAY I TALKED TO AN EMPLOYEE WHO ASKED ME TO KEE THEIR IDENTITY PRIVATE TO PROTECT THEIR POSITION HERE WI BEN E. KEITH SO WE ALTERED THEIR VOICE. BUT THEY TELL ME THE 3 PEOPLE WERE SHOT RIGHT BEFORE THEY WALKED INTO THE BUILDING FOR WORK. THEY AND SEVERAL OTHERS RAN TO THE PARKING LOT AND HID BEHIND PARKED CARS. THAT’S WHEN THEY REALIZED ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES HAD BEEN SHOT. THEY STARTED APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE WOUND TO REDUCE THE BLEEDING. THE EMPLOYEE SAYS THEY THOUGH THEIR COWORKER WAS GOING TO DIE -- THOUGHT THEIR COWORKER WAS GOING TO DIE FROM THE GUNSHOT. >> I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH 911 TRYING TO GET AN AMBULANCE THE JUST HEARING THE SCREAMS FROM A GROWN MAN, FOR HELP. 10 MINUTES SEEMED LIKE FOREVER. REPORTER: THE EMLOYEE SAYS HE HASN’T TALKED TO THEIR COWORKER BECAUSE THEY’VE BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL. THEY SAY THEY AREN’T SURE IF THEY’LL SEEK COUNSELING TO COPE WITH THE TRAUMA. KAY DIMANCHE, KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. SHELLY: BEN E. KEITH FOODS IS RESPONDING TO THE SHOOTING SAYING. -- SAYING, OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THE EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO WERE IMPACTED BY THIS SUDDEN AND SENSELESS ACT OF VIOLENCE AT OUR ALBUQUERQUE WAREHOUSE. THEY WENT ON TO SAY, WE WILL BE FOREVER THANKFUL FOR THE SWIFT AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSE OF THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMEN LAST NIGHT’S SHOOTING WAS A FAMILIAR SCENE FOR ONE TEXAS FAMILY. IN AUGUST, A WOMAN WENT INTO BEN E. KEITH’S WAREHOUSE IN HOUSTON, AND SHOT 2 PEOPLE, KILLING ONE. THE SUSPECT WAS KILLED IN A SHOOT OUT WITH POLICE. A FAMILY FILED SUIT AGAINST THE FOOD DISTRIBUTOR. TARGET 7 SPOKE WITH THE LAWYER, WHO FILED THAT LAWSUIT. HE SAYS THE COMPANY SHOULD HAVE HAD MORE SECURITY. >> UNFORTUNATELY, WE SEE THESE HORRIBLE ACTS OF VIOLENCE ON THE WORKPLACE THAT THE COMPANY IS NOT TAKING SERIOUSLY. SHELLY: WHEN ASKED AT A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY, APD CHIEF MICHAEL GEIER SAID, HE WAS NOT AWARE IF THE FACILITY HAD ANY SECURITY. WE’RE POSTING THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SHOOTING ON OU