🌱 How a pre-dawn shooting shut schools and trains in Bernalillo

What's up Bernalillo! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How a pre-dawn shooting shut schools and trains in Bernalillo

Also on today's calendar: A Fundraiser Event for Albuquerque's Unhoused.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Very windy; partly sunny, with a high of 72 and low of 28 degrees.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 69, low: 34.
• Sunday: Some sun; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 75 and low of 45 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Bernalillo active shooter identified charges filed (newsradiokkob.com) — An early-morning shooting in Bernalillo on Tuesday shut down Rail Runner service and closed Bernalillo Public Schools while police searched for a suspect. Officers say a 57-year-old man fired at a truck near the Park and Ride, then exchanged gunfire while running toward Bernalillo High School before being arrested and now faces multiple serious charges.
   

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📸 Around Bernalillo

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bernalillo

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Tuesday April 21

• Scholars Banquet
  Prairie Star Restaurant & Wine Bar , 288 Prairie Star Rd , Santa A
  6:00 pm

Sunday May 3

• A Fundraiser Event for Albuquerque's Unhoused
  Cathedral of St John , 318 Silver Ave SW , Albuquerque
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Corrales Food Truck | Stuffed Lust Sopapilla Company
  Ex Novo Brewing Company , 4895 Corrales Rd , Corrales
  12:00 pm
• SLA Family Movie Night in the Field
  Spartan Learning Academy Field , 485 Camino Don Tomas , Bernalillo
  5:00 pm
• MTF Biologics STAR Symposium - April 2026
  Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort and Spa , 1300 Tuyuna Trail , Santa Ana Pueblo
  6:00 pm
• Warren Zeiders
  Rio Rancho Events Center Dock , 3001 Civic Center Cir NE , Rio Rancho
  7:00 pm

Saturday April 18

• Music in Corrales
  Corrales Historical Society , 966 Old Church Rd , Corrales
• Corrales Food Truck | Sanchez Tacos
  Ex Novo Brewing Company , 4895 Corrales Rd , Corrales
  12:00 pm
• BHS 2026 Prom
  Balloon Fiesta Park Event Center
  7:00 pm

Sunday April 19

• Corrales Food Truck | Umami Moto
  Ex Novo Brewing Company , 4895 Corrales Rd , Corrales
  12:00 pm
• 2026 Senior Tournament
  Starlight Bowling Center , 54 Jemez Canyon Dam Rd , Bernalillo
  12:30 pm
• Placitas: Violin Wizardry! Free Youth and Family Program — Opus OP Arts and Education Projects
  Placitas Community Library , 453 NM-165 , Placitas
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• UPDATE: She is home with her family!
  She was a sweet girl. #reunited Is this your dog? He/she is on Fig Spring Drive. (Nextdoor Santiago)
• Please share & repost to help reunite this lost cat!
  Vato Loco was LOST on April 14, 2026 in Rio Rancho, NM 87144 near Lincoln Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to contact the… (Nextdoor Bernalillo)

• Hyatt Hotels Corp. posted a job opening for Empleado de apoyo (Houseperson) al Departamento de Servicios de Convenciones in Bernalillo. Apply here.
• Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. posted a job opening for Restaurant Manager in Bernalillo. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bernalillo here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Corrales

• Corrales volunteers needed to mud and clean historic church April 25 (corralescomment.com)
• Letter to the editor: Ezee Fiber commits to communication, accountability in Corrales (corralescomment.com)
• Street talk: Road priorities, gravel fallout keep Corrales council grounded (corralescomment.com)

Rio Rancho

• N.M. Republican candidate for governor Turner talks taxes, education, child welfare at town hall (tricityrecordnm.com)
• Republicans Just Sent Democrats a Warning in Two Off-Cycle Elections * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Isaac (100percentfedup.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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