Police investigating Thursday shooting

Tucumcari Police are investigating after a man was shot but not seriously injured during an apparent spat early Thursday.

Deputy Chief Peter Rivera said the victim was not cooperating with law enforcement.

Rivera said the shooting was not a random act, and did not believe the public was not in danger. He said the victim and shooter likely knew each other.

“We don’t know whether it was anger or stupidity that caused this,” Rivera said.

Rivera said the shooting happened about 1 a.m. Thursday. He said the victim also gave conflicting accounts of where the shooting occurred, though an initial report to the Tucumcari-Quay County Emergency Management Center at that time came from the 1700 block of South Fourth Street.