The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre 

Loyroy never panic

beekydogg Ok you tank you try not to panic when that happens, real regular Steven Seagall over here. You would have probably removed the bullets with the power of your mind you absolute unit. Just give credit where it’s due that little girl has bigger balls than me and you.

This kid was a lot stronger than most people I know. Mad respect to her.

@@bobharmon8834 wtf? his comment wasn't "i'd never panic," it was "never panic." Because you shouldn't, ideally. Leave it to internet weirdos to throw a fit over a completely inoffensive remark

How is it that the 911 responder so f****** inept he couldn't hear her say that there was a fire three damn times

I do this ALL. THE. TIME.

Same here. I was born in 92, I felt ancient after realizing that 1990 was 30 years ago!

Me too.

I'm 27 yrs so yea

You and me both!!

When she asked if she can get the fire extinguisher 🧯 to put out the fire i cried. She was brilliant and so-so-so smart. She knew exactly what to say!

@@MAnna-tq9hg I felt so bad for her too because you know for sure she was young and had probably been told before not the play with the fire extinguisher, so she asks if she can use it. She was so smart.

I'd be cursing everyone and their mothers if they made me repeat what I just said under that situation

Can you believe this brave little Girl wanted to help put the fire out.

Damn 😢 that’s heroic! I never heard this story before

I believe the desk was on fire in the office, not the whole bowling alley.

@@cuppycakey5013 Yeah I believe so

It's so frustrated listening to the dispatch not listening to exactly what the girl said.

@@MoeSlislack could You do better under these extreme circumstances ?. U my friend can hardly even run a pub. Moey Christmas, and a happy new year.

@@MoeSlislack Ah but Moe...the dank, the DANK!

@@dismalrealms3587 you disgusting pig

@@dismalrealms3587 You have wonderful manners. Such an eloquent individual

I was thinking the same thing. This girl is one hell of a fighter.

@@trickortreatt why's that?

@@dismalrealms3587 commenting on a woman’s reproductive organs... sick

Yup, she is one hell of a fighter. She even wants to put the fire out by herself with 5 bullet wounds... Unbelievable. What a legend.

Jedi Knight Jairin Aiki I really shed tears

I feel bad she had to go through that though

@Rob Roy your quite good at stating the obvious

Brave. She would be in her 40's now.

Only meat. No veggies nor bread. It’s not healthy. lol 😂

He nails it every time.

No endless recaps, that’s why I love this channel

Even a touch of unsolicited U2 in this one.

Mike's the gold standard.

Tears man . Poor girl .

"I need a fire truck, too."

Agreed. I teared up. She's so brave and strong.

Wow this kid is so amazing. Shot 5 times and wanting to go get a fire extinguisher to put the fire out. I'd be in the corner bawling my eyes out in a state of panic.

And the sound of someone's agonal breathing in the background

in all these stories we see humanity at its worst, but that brave little soul was humanity at its best

yes, a true hero, incredible

If you love her so much why don't you marry her

@@evan827 WTF?

@@evan827 WTF. Who are you talking to? Nobody said anything about love. Comments were about how brave the girl is.

Medal of Honor

they gave her a mickey mouse hat.

@@marztar dickhead

Amen to that.

@@Jolenesmart1980 they did though. look it up.

Yo, im shot 5 times. You want me to put the fire out, too? Im on it.

I hope she remembers how strong she is ! Instead of looking at it any other way .

NoMunnyMummy I’m sure it haunts her. I raised 3 girl’s. This would have turned me into a vigilante if my daughter was hurt.

Damn and she prolly left around the time it happened or was happening. I think my SATs were at like 9 am. 🤗I could be wrong tho... I'm 35 now😬. It was kind of an important enough day that I do still remember 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 portion of it, tho the rest, I've no clue.

Damn and she prolly left around the time it happened or was happening. I think my SATs were at like 9 am. 🤗I could be wrong tho... I'm 35 now😬. It was kind of an important enough day that I do still remember 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 portion of it, tho the rest, I've no clue.

Who was running behind your house?

being from las cruces and driving by that building to this day is so chilling

also from las cruces. plenty of rumors around this case but no doubt Melissa is a local hero

She went to a phone to save herself because she didn't want to die. Like everyone else on the planet.

@@brokenwave6125 chill out dude she still saved everyone who survived

Broken Wave even so. She was so young and so brave. To go through that, keep calm, get help, most people wouldn't be able to keep that calm. The dispatcher did an amazing job keeping her calm, getting the information and passing it on

@@brokenwave6125 Not everyone is a sociopath like you bro

@@brokenwave6125 ..Shaddup you bitter queen.

Your not alone, especially when she said my mommy

Definitely balled like a baby

Yes, it was so sad. I kept hoping she would make it.

Very brave girl

yes, marty. my chest hurts, it was too heavy to listen

Arguably it's natural, but not something you want the young to ever hear.

Yeah... That got me too. The thought of what she was doing at that moment... 😥

This is what broke my heart 😔

And while being shot 5 times herself and still just worrying about her mommy and wanting to put out the fire !!!

that was the hardest part to hear for me

I actually expected her to count like that. Didn't make it any less sad, though.

Was thinking the same thing, how amazing was she after coping 5 bullets! OMG

For real, that poor girl...

@@MrLorincombs She's a hero. She wouldn't come out of the office until the dispatcher came to the scene. The reconnected many years later. Heartbreaking.

Brave girl glad she survived

A twelve year who has just witnessed her father and sister along with four others shot repeatedly, been shot five times herself, survives to call the emergency services and still manages to make more sense and be more accurate with the information provide than the damn dispatcher..I'm honestly in awe of this young woman's bravery.

Most girls are

I also have to say that the 911 dispatcher was awesome too. He did an amazing job getting information from her and keeping her calm and as comforted as she could be that help was on the way. I just picture if she had got one of those hags who have an obvious attitude in their tone, ask stupid ass questions, and make you repeat every detail 3 fucking times when they clearly can hear you

And "my mommy!" :'(

I started sobbing when she said "it hurts" and "my mommy." Such an incredibly brave girl!

I see what you did there

"My mommy" is what really broke me.

Killed them too

Adrenaline, my man. She likely was shot with a low caliber .22 or something.

Tywin Lannister Good point, that makes sense

So heartbreaking she is so brave and smart

Absolutley she does

Fucking Bastards! Spineless COWARDS. Confirms why I'm a misanthrope!

Unimaginable! She really is a hero🤘🏻❤️

And then some people die after falling from being shoved..

Yes, she did!

Luckily the gunman was using a 22lr and not a bigger round. Otherwise it would be much less likely anyone survived.

@@rylandavis2976 .22s can often be more dangerous the higher caliber rounds for example m16s use a .223 the danger is the bullet bouncing around your insides. A .45, for example, is much more likely to be a through and through shot which is MUCH less likely to be fatal. .223s are on the floor for being outlawed by NATO as they "roll" end over end in the air which cause them to easily bounce off bones and ricochet all around

Shes a beast...shot 5 times and putting the fire out? Insane. the 911 call was pretty pro too, she knew the exact address of the bowling alley?? Hell, I couldnt even tell you the exact address of the local bowling alley here lol...

She even knew how many times she was shot? Wow, who counts how many times theyre shot?? I thought it was gonna be a fake 911 call at first cus it seemed so pro for a 12 year old.

@@Scorch428 Adrenaline and shock will make you do crazy shit. It's very common for people totally messed up to still be trying to help while they are arguably the most wounded on scene. You go into autopilot.

@leathery420 fight or flight, that girl was a hero

leathery420 she was NOT messed up. She is clearly a good human in crisis. Not being rude but this girl was next level awake. Id love to meet her - not to talk about this (or if she wants to, yep) to see how she is and what her plans are -and to make sure she is ok. How proud would you be as a parent!!? What a woman💜

you could hear the people moaning and dying around her

Such a brave young girl just for being strong enough to make the call, definitely pulls on your heart strings listening to it

Broke my heart. She was amazing.

I've thought many times about becoming a dispatcher but calls like this are why I haven't. You can hear the air whistling through the hole in her lung, jfc.

What a brave girl! Poor baby!

I also have to say that the 911 dispatcher was awesome too. He did an amazing job getting information from her and keeping her calm and as comforted as she could be that help was on the way. I just picture if she had got one of those hags who have an obvious attitude in their tone, ask stupid ass questions, and make you repeat every detail 3 fucking times when they clearly can hear you

Truly sad, I hope that leads come to light to help put this terrible case to rest.🙏 Hello Proto🤙

I feel like the dispatcher was really good in the moment. He was really reassuring and didn't make her repeat herself a million and a half times.

Lol why is little girl in quotes

@@garlicsaucespill9482 because she’s 20

Holy shit I’m a 20 year old boy and I’m bawling

She's amazing moved me too. Hope she's ok now

Same here. It had me in tears and thinking of my girls.

They are dead inside and hate themselves

When she said "it hurts" I wanted to KILL who hurt her. She is a AMAZING little girl.

Well, I used to have a hard time believing anyone would kill an innocent. Yet, we willingly and happily massacre billions of them every year. And eat them. So why the hell would any thinking person be surprised.

@@wolfafterdark Chickens and people aren't equal. Sorry :/

​@@deathberryblast You sound just like a Nazi

Hopefully they did. For all we know they were in a cartel and savagely murder. One can hope at least.

Thank immigration!

@@reneesantiago6496 dont be fucking racist

@@reneesantiago6496 Take your stupid politics somewhere else. Do you have no heart!?

​@reneesantiago6496 considering they didn't have an accent, they were more than likely US citizens. And please, let's not act like your people are saints when yall take the cake for sadists, serial killer, and child predators.

right? It's amazing, she was even ready to grab an extinguisher and put out the fire with 5 bullet holes in her body. It's a shame the operator on the phone didn't hear her.

I also have to say that the 911 dispatcher was awesome too. He did an amazing job getting information from her and keeping her calm and as comforted as she could be that help was on the way. I just picture if she had got one of those hags who have an obvious attitude in their tone, ask stupid ass questions, and make you repeat every detail 3 fucking times when they clearly can hear you

Amber Cloud same. I totally ugly cried. That poor girl.

Ladonna Ladonna Same here, I have a 12 year old daughter and that call broke me; I sobbed in grief for her. God bless her ❤️

Yep, I almost fast-forwarded towards the end. Just about hit the limits of what I can take. I serve as a volunteer Catholic minister at one of the big hospitals downtown. I've seen many many patients in various degrees of suffering. It's never "easy", but those are adults. Dealing with sick kids is something else entirely. A child suffering in pain is...intolerable for me. Can't say I cried, but that 911 call tore me up pretty deep. Hardest thing I've watched in a while.

That was extremely difficult to listen to.

These things pretty much never get to me. This one did. I'm still wiping away tears and blowing my nose.

And cowards

Devils shit

Agree. This one really hurt me to my core.

Facts, they don't deserve jail that's too good for them

😡 DEMONS! DEATH IS TOO EASY FOR THEM. TORTURE IS WHAT THEY HAVE COMING ☠️

prove it

It was not easy listening to that tape.

@@dr.loomis4221 therapy

@Tyler More AND she had been shot FIVE times, surrounded by her dead loved ones...If I was her age and went through that I wouldn't have been able to do anything but cry. What a brave kid

@Tyler More I hope shes made something of herself. Shed probably make an excellent police officer or EMT, with her calmness in those situations.

All with someone audibly dying in the background… that call broke me

There's some truly horrible people in this world, thank god they're so few and the majority of human beings in this world have empathy and genuinely good people.

Yea that part hit really hard. These kinda ppl should have their heads on spike.

@Mel’s Life570 I know and at the same time it filled me with some strange sense of pride for her. What a strong little lady.

Shamdy Crook oh shut up. Was it a “border hopping Mexican” that shot up and murdered a slew of kindergarten children? Racist POS.

@@RoCkbunny769 that was a false flag by the Obama administration

Saaaame 😭

Absolutely horrific..

same she done epic shot 5 times blood everywhere a fire and she talked so well

I'm bawling from listening to this

Billy I agree with you. I thought I was kinda hard til I heard that little girl talking to the 911 operator. Not sure how he was able to stay tear free. Melted my ♥️

Didn't they bring in a guy who was at the shooting and he said it wasn't them? Unless he was in on it and intentionally said that so they could go free, there wasn't much else the police could do. Carrying around a lot of money doesn't mean you just committed a robbery.

@@tekbarrier yeah I guess the brother recognized them but was scared to tell because then they would know his backpack contained the drugs they came looking for.

Her 12 year old daughter lived, thank goodness & is the reason the others survived that as well.

@@karawigley6231 stephens wife is the mother of the poor two daughters (2&6yo) who passed away, she’s not melissa’s mother.

@@karawigley6231 I thought this too until I listened again, the 12 Yr old on the phone was the daughter of the woman who worked there, the 6&2 Yr old entered with their father the security guard whose mother went to work

Someone was excuted to cover up something, this sounds like a cartel hit.

Your heart aches for her? Not the husband and kids? Weird flex but okay.

Shout out to the dispatcher too, that couldn’t have been easy for him.

Yes, she was an amazing little girl. I'm shot 5 times and it hurts. That brought me undone. She knew exactly how to get help and what help they needed. Agree Tim, faced with that the dispatcher must have felt overwhelmed. He did ask a couple of questions twice, he was thrown for a minute but he sure got help there fast. Just not fast enough to save more of those poor victims 😞

Just learned her name is Melissia. Not all heroes wear capes, that's for sure. I wish I could meet this brave young lady.

Same. I wanted to run to help her so bad listening to her recording. What an absolutely amazing girl. Bless her, poor baby

I know we'll probably never get a follow up on where she is these days, but I really hope life is treating her well.

Heart-wrenching

Ruth Price: "hold my beer"

Me too!

I was holding it together until she said that 😭

Bless her heart. Such a strong little girl, I do pray that she’s had a good life ever since. I’d not heard of this horrible incident but I’m planning to visit Las Cruces next year and this video appeared in my RU-vid search. My heart breaks for everyone involved.

Ditto!

@@mndlgh The second Melissa said "my mommy", that got me What a brave young girl.shot 5 times to

I can't believe how calm she was able to remain after being shot 5 times, witnessing several other people being shot, and having a fire raging nearby. She was clear and articulate in spite of all of the circumstances. What a trooper.

Same here. Not much brings me 2 tears, but her little tiny voice saying she'd been shot 5 times brought em out big time. I hope she was able to recover and have a somewhat decent life. Also, I hope those heartless fucks are suffering terribly. It takes a complete coward to shoot children.

@@kristenjustkristen9462 absolute animals and yes i hope they got there just desserts!

@@KayleeCee i know i honestly thought for a few moments it was the voices of actors, unbelievably brave!

Back in the 90's, kids where badasses.

Kanthony Boomer

@@whiteboard7thstreet Riiiiiight. Do the math genius.

@@kanthony1446 nah kids nowdays can kick 90's kids asses easily they were a bunch of pussy back then

@@sergf3624 stfu. Go eat tide pod

There are some pretty bad 911 calls out there. This one was sad, and of course the incident itself is disturbing, but it's not as nerve-wracking as some of the ones I've heard. One that'll always stay with me was Christopher Rains' call. The POS shot his infant baby in the face with a .45 right in front of the mother as he held her, all because the child's mother didn't want to be with him and admitted to seeing another man. Rains had actually asked her if she'd seen the other guy's junk, FFS, either shortly or immediately prior to murdering the child. Then he dropped the baby on the floor and told her, "I hope it was worth it." He then immediately called 911 and confessed everything, sounding for the most part remorseful but also spending a lot of the call whining that he was going to jail for the rest of his life, and saying that he was going to kill himself. There are a few points where you can hear the child's mother wailing in the background, and it's truly heartbreaking. The 911 operator was amazing, though. She was able to speak to that POS like she actually cared about his life, and she had the most compassionate understanding tone as she told him not to hurt himself or anyone else. She was not only a consummate professional, but also an angel.

Sometimes big courage comes in small packages.

Probably one of the more moving things I've ever listened to.... I was not prepared for that

Definitely the Fire extinguisher part was the hardest. Wow such a strong brave courageous young lady

A truly heartbreaking story What a brave little girl

dude it started fucking with me too half way thru

Brian Nichols I was holding back tears 😭 how horrific for those little girls and baby 💔💔

Same here bro

Brian Nichols man!!!!! You are correct

Right? I'm just trying to make coffee but I can't see properly through all these tears.

Criminally Listed, huh? 😂

Except when he said Three or any other word with "Th" "Thee, The, Three, Thuh" sound lol (Not lol making fun of him just lol cuz ice watched so many vids in quarantine im noticing weird things) LOL

@@joshuaarmijo3565 even weirder to me. My dad is Jamaican and that's how Jamaicans pronounce Th. So Mike sounds like a Jamaican with an Irish American accent to me. Very odd 🤣🇯🇲

Chills

Have you tried Dark Curiosities or Crime Reel?

alex lu can’t take a joke can ya? 🤦🏼‍♀️

@alex lu you have to have very low self esteem to respond to a comment like that. Get help.

@alex lu Whether she does or not I know she gave me enough love to not have to do the stuff you're doing. I know life is hard for you but you're never going to make me feel as shitty as you do. You can exhaust yourself trying though. So what other lame cowardly things do you have to say?

alex lu ooohh can’t think of anything intelligent to say so let’s got for the fat chick! What a sad little life you lead! 🖕🏻

@alex lu you look green and stupid

That was just amazing

Lol right 911 operators are not always the nicest.

They don't make um like they used to!

Except the race suggestion

...and that a kid had to correct him repeatedly

@@jessn.2665 well, it would completely drain them mentally if they didn’t disconnect themselves from the situations and keep a calm, neutral mind set. It does come off cold but, that’s the requirement. 😕

Ya but she racist against black ppl...she didnt see them, but...they were black! Poor racist child.

Scorch428 I understand what you’re saying, but you have to think that her mind and body was probably in shock. She was shot 5 times, and saw/heard her mother and many other people she cared about shot and murdered. A child witnessed all of that...and your thought is “poor racist child”. It wouldn’t harm people with the mindset you portray to try and be empathetic for a child. Jfc, have some compassion for humankind.

Scorch428 tbh the dispatcher could have asked the question better, he didn’t ask what their race was, he asked if they were “black or white or” and she just answered the first thing she heard. She was just a little kid who got shot dude, it wasn’t malevolent racism on her behalf.

so they were on their way out, then saw the kids and decided to shoot? I dont get it... Why not wear masks? Why let the initial witness who can ID you go free yet kill everyone else including children? Wtf is going on here....

And they usually go to a day care or be with mom but she was having classes. Poor mom imagine the guilt. I wished at least one of the three survived. But seeing all of them dead including both kids made me cry more than the call.

I was surprised to see that it wasn't mentioned in the comments.

@@alexs.4206 I don't think Mike heard it, many didn't hear it.

Yea I was hearing that. Brought me chills.

Omg

I was so focused on the prominent voices i didnt hear it

Time stamp ?

Agonal breathing. It's a sign of death. So horrible for that sweet little girl.

@@JohnWickkkk Around 6:09 and it continues and gets louder.

"February TENT"

That poor little girl

I cant imagine having the presence of mind at all. And to ask for descriptions in case she didnt make it

Not really, he couldn't figure out how to just say that there was a fire started, she told him twice there was a fire started, he's like "she thinks there might be a fire, she smells smoke". That part I was like wtf

Yea. She clearly says she can see it

@kinG iZZy Pretty sure that's not racial bias. Pretty sure that's more like a kid is giving a description of events going on and also focusing on the previously mention information and routing EMS to the scene.

She twice asked if it was ok to use the fire extinguisher. The dispatcher still wasn't sure there was a fire The blind leading the enlightened

Jo George. I’m not a squeamish person but hearing the little girl wheezing in the background when she’s taking a deep breath is hard to hear.

Jo George she’s so brave. I’m 24 and I don’t think I’d be able to handle that situation as well as she did

Super hero!

Outrageous

Sounds like the police

Yeah, and why not take pictures of them and see if the girl from the bowling alley can identify them.

@@holversonmusic3141 Because if you take pictures of someone you think is the suspect and show it to a victim you’ve tainted the investigation.

@@dant4786 thats why they show victims/witnesses a LINEUP of photos, including the suspect. They obviously couldn’t pick them out of a lineup. Probably said something to the effect of “none of these are them” So, they had to let those suspects go.

Bert Pineapple really? That's...wow. I don't have children but I felt this girl's pain. I can't imagine how much worse it is when you have a child yourself.

All humans are instinctually driven to protect children. Except sociopaths and psychopaths.

I love how the childfree people somehow felt attacked by you stating your personal feelings about the matter.

Username [Redacted] Some people right smh

Same, that sweet baby

Best comment ever on RU-vid 🤗🤗🤗

Agreed! Well said.