The Roswell Independent School District is a public school district based in Roswell, New Mexico, United States.

[4] On January 14, 2014, at about 8:10 am, a student opened fire inside the gymnasium of Berrendo Middle School.

The suspect then surrendered to a staff member and was taken into police custody.

The suspected shooter was a seventh-grade 12-year-old student at the school named Mason Campbell, who used a shotgun that was smuggled into the school inside a duffle bag.

[6] Campbell faced three counts of aggravated battery with a firearm, and potential confinement in a juvenile detention facility until 21 years of age.