Seven people were shot, five fatally,[n 1] by two unidentified robbers at the Las Cruces Bowling Alley at 1201 East Amador Avenue.
One pulled a .22 caliber pistol on Holguin and ordered her into Senac's office, where she, Repass, and Houser were already being held by the other gunman.
Officers responding to the call discovered that Amy Houser, Paula Holguin, and Steven Teran had died at the scene.
[3] Repass, despite being shot five times, called 9-1-1 on the office phone, allowing emergency services to respond immediately and saving her life along with her mother's and Ida Holguin's.
[5] Police set up ten roadblocks surrounding Las Cruces within an hour of the shooting, and carefully screened anyone leaving the city.
[2][6] The U.S. Customs Service, Army and Border Patrol searched the area with planes and helicopters, but no arrests were made.
[6] The case remains unsolved,[2][7] but is still under active investigation by the Las Cruces Police Department as of 2015[update].