UNM police crackdown on gun sellers

DEATH ROW. UNM POLICE OFFICERS ARE GOING UNDERCOVER TO KEEP GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF STUDENT...  More »

DEATH ROW. UNM POLICE OFFICERS ARE GOING UNDERCOVER TO KEEP GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF STUDENTS ON CAMPUS. INVESTIGATORS SAY IN THE WAKE OF THE RECENT CAMPUS SHOOTINGS IN VIRGINIA AND ILLINOIS -- DOZENS OF ANONYMOUS TIPS HAVE BEEN COMING IN TO HELP THEM DO THEIR JOBS. GADI SCHWARTZ IS LIVE AT UNM WITH MORE. POLICE SAY TIPSTERS ARE COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK- GIVING THEM INFORMATION ON HOW GUNS AND DRUGS ARE BEING SOLD ON CAMPUS. NOW POLICE ARE TRYING TO STAY ONE STEP AHEAD. THIS IS 20 YEAR OLD SANTOS GALLEGOS- ACCUSED OF TRYING TO SELL GUNS AND DRUGS ON CAMPUS. UNM-POLICE BUSTED HIM HERE-- AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX MILES AWAY FROM UNM. 2:15 instead of waiting for it to come to campus we went to the northeast heights and initiated something so we could stop it before it gets here. POLICE TELL US THEY HAD RECEIVED TIPS ABOUT GALLEGOS AND WERE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING AN UNDERCOVER STING WHEN GALLEGOS CAME OUT AND GOT SPOOKED. 1:16 Gallegos came outside and confronted the undercover and pulled a handgun threatened him and started yelling some explicit language yelling why people were outside of his house why this new person was there. POLICE SAY THEY'RE HEARING A LOT MORE ABOUT GUNS ON CAMPUS FROM U-N-M STUDENTS. INVESTIGATORS SAY A LOT MORE STUDENTS ARE COMING FORWARD WITH INFORMATION AFTER SHOOTINGS AT OTHER UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 14:49 i would i defiantly would id let them know id let the campus know- the cops to me thats not normal guns on campus. 6:44 i think there have always been firearms on campus and maybe it is just escalating or maybe it is just being more reported. 8:29 with the carolina shootings i think people are keeping an eye out for that kind of thing. 9:48 i'd like to believe or keep believing that there is no gun selling on campus or shootings or anything like that GALLEGOS HAS POSTED BOND AND IS OUT OF JAIL. HE WASN'T HOME WHEN WE STOPPED BY BUT WE TALKED TO HIM BY PHONE- HE TELLS US THE ALLEGATIONS WERE UNTRUE. TODAY THE CITY MADE A DEAL WITH A  « Less