Josh Dunne
Male, White
Date of the incident: 12/2/2016
Las Cruces, Dona Ana, NM
2121 S Triviz Dr
2121 S Triviz Dr
Officers were trying to make contact with a man who was believed to be thinking about committing suicide and who had barricaded himself in a third-floor room at a hotel. Officers attempted to negotiate with the man for several hours, police said. Eventually, the Las Cruces Police Department's SWAT and Hostage Negotiation teams made contact, but the subject remained uncooperative. Shortly after 10:30 p.m., shots were fired and the man was killed. Dunne was a graduate student studying social work at New Mexico State University, was a veteran who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder.