{"id":1591,"date":"2007-04-16T16:02:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-16T22:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/04\/new-mexico-leaders-comment-on-virginia-massacre\/"},"modified":"2007-04-16T16:02:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-16T22:02:00","slug":"new-mexico-leaders-comment-on-virginia-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/04\/new-mexico-leaders-comment-on-virginia-massacre\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico leaders comment on Virginia massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><st1:state st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:state>\u2019s top politicians expressed shock and sadness today over a massacre in <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> that left 33 people dead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In case you haven\u2019t heard, the shooting at <st1:placename st=\"on\">Virginia<\/st1:placename> <st1:placename st=\"on\">Tech<\/st1:placename> <st1:placetype st=\"on\">University<\/st1:placetype> is what the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20070416\/ap_on_re_us\/virginia_tech_shooting;_ylt=Am_BWIXV.T2ADxbd29FYirys0NUE\" target=\"_blank\">Associated Press<\/a> is calling \u201cthe deadliest shooting rampage in <st1:country-region st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">U.S.<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> history.\u201d A gunman killed two people in a dormitory this morning before, two hours later, killing 30 more in a classroom and then committing suicide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cOn behalf of all New Mexicans, Barbara and I extend our condolences to the families of the victims whose lives were cut short by this horrific tragedy,\u201d Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/governor.state.nm.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Richardson<\/a> said in a prepared statement. \u201cThis is a sad day and our hearts go out to the Virginia Tech community as it grieves this loss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:city st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:city><\/st1:place> ordered a review of safety measures at the state\u2019s universities and colleges and the creation of a safety task force to make recommendations for improvements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">U.S. Sen. <a href=\"http:\/\/domenici.senate.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pete Domenici<\/a> also expressed sadness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cI am shocked and saddened by the horrendous mass murder at Virginia Tech. My thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families,\u201d Domenici said in a prepared statement. \u201cSuch terrible crimes touch us all and this awful tragedy must be thoroughly examined so that we can learn from it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Mexico\u2019s top politicians expressed shock and sadness today over a massacre in Virginia that left 33 people dead. In case you haven\u2019t heard, the shooting at Virginia Tech University is what the Associated Press is calling \u201cthe deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history.\u201d A gunman killed two people in a dormitory this morning before, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}