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Josh

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290: Four Dead, Three Wounded, Zero Arrests | The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre

And though the man was looking forward to spending time with his family and his newborn, he didn't want to leave his co-workers at the bowling alley without any help.

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290: Four Dead, Three Wounded, Zero Arrests | The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre

So even though he didn't have childcare for his two older children, Steve packed the girls up and headed into work.

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290: Four Dead, Three Wounded, Zero Arrests | The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre

He expected to leave the two young girls, six-year-old Paula and two-year-old Valerie, in the childcare center with Melissa and her friend Amy.

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290: Four Dead, Three Wounded, Zero Arrests | The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre

However, when he entered the bowling alley, he found it eerily silent and immediately knew that something was wrong.

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290: Four Dead, Three Wounded, Zero Arrests | The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre

Steve wandered around the building for a few minutes trying to find his coworkers.

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290: Four Dead, Three Wounded, Zero Arrests | The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre

He checked the kitchen and the childcare center, but there was no one to be found.

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290: Four Dead, Three Wounded, Zero Arrests | The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre

Finally, Steve and the girls went to Stephanie Sinek's office, where they walked into the most terrifying and violent scene of women and girls lying on the floor with guns pointed at their heads.

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290: Four Dead, Three Wounded, Zero Arrests | The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre

The gunmen quickly forced Steve to lie on the floor with his small children.

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290: Four Dead, Three Wounded, Zero Arrests | The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre

The victims likely thought they'd be left behind after the men were done robbing the bowling alley.

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290: Four Dead, Three Wounded, Zero Arrests | The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre

But the truth was much more sinister.

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290: Four Dead, Three Wounded, Zero Arrests | The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre

After they finished ransacking the office, the men chose to take the most evil route and shot all seven victims multiple times in the body and head, making sure no witnesses were left behind, despite how young some of the victims were.

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290: Four Dead, Three Wounded, Zero Arrests | The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre

And it would later be discovered that all the shots were at point blank range.

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290: Four Dead, Three Wounded, Zero Arrests | The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre

So all the victims were shot execution style.

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290: Four Dead, Three Wounded, Zero Arrests | The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre

Even the youngest victims were shot multiple times.

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290: Four Dead, Three Wounded, Zero Arrests | The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre

As if the shooting wasn't heinous enough, around 8.30am, the gunmen took the time to set fire to the office by igniting a pile of papers before they left out the front door.

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290: Four Dead, Three Wounded, Zero Arrests | The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre

At 8.33 a.m., the first call to 911 happened.

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290: Four Dead, Three Wounded, Zero Arrests | The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre

A person passing by the bowling alley had seen the smoke coming from the roof.

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290: Four Dead, Three Wounded, Zero Arrests | The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre

Dispatchers began to organize the dispersal of firefighters when a second call, only moments after the first, came in.

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290: Four Dead, Three Wounded, Zero Arrests | The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre

The caller was 12-year-old Melissa Repass, the young victim who had been shot five times.

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290: Four Dead, Three Wounded, Zero Arrests | The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre

The critically wounded girl had regained consciousness shortly after the men fled, was able to find a phone, and make that 911 call.