Police: NMSU left despite ask to talk to players

New Mexico State hoops manager Greg Heiar enactment his squad connected a autobus to instrumentality to the Aggies' Las Cruces field aft constabulary successful Albuquerque had asked to interrogation 3 of his players arsenic they searched for a limb utilized successful a fatal shooting and different imaginable evidence, according to the New Mexico State Police supplemental probe study released to ESPN connected Thursday.

The probe study said Marchelus Avery, Issa Muhammad and Anthony Roy were seen connected video successful a yellowish Camaro successful the parking batch wherever University of New Mexico pupil Brandon Travis was changeable and killed Nov. 19 by Aggies inferior guardant Mike Peake successful what constabulary person called a self-defense case. Peake, who was hospitalized aft helium excessively was shot, placed his gun, telephone and tablet successful the car, according to the constabulary report.

The Bernalillo County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday that it was moving with New Mexico State Police and investigating the "conduct" of Aggies coaches and players successful transportation with the fatal shooting. The constabulary reports adhd to the scrutiny astir the team's and coaching staff's actions successful the hours that followed the shooting.

According to the documents, a 17-year-old miss acceptable Peake up to get "jumped" by Travis and 2 of his friends implicit animosity stemming from a combat astatine a New Mexico State-New Mexico shot game. She sent Peake a Snapchat connection that said "hurry pls," and helium took a Lyft to her dormitory astatine the University of New Mexico, hours earlier helium and his squad were scheduled to look the Lobos.

That crippled and a Dec. 3 matchup were canceled aft the shooting.

In the hours aft the shooting, a New Mexico State constabulary serviceman told Heiar that helium wanted to interrogation the 3 players seen connected video successful the Camaro, but according to the documents, Heiar said helium had to marque definite the athletes didn't request an lawyer and told constabulary helium would respond to their petition soon.

When a authorities constabulary serviceman noticed players getting onto a autobus astatine the squad edifice and his calls to Heiar continued to spell to voicemail, helium asked different authorities constabulary serviceman to assistance successful attempts to interaction the autobus and "have them propulsion over" on a adjacent highway. The bus, which had departed, was located astatine a remainder stop.

Inside, constabulary said, they located Peake's tablet, which was successful a backpack held by Lorenzo Jenkins, who serves arsenic a peculiar adjunct to Heiar. According to the probe report, Peake's telephone was located aboriginal successful Las Cruces. Braun Cartwright, NMSU's lawman diversion director, had called the serviceman and told him that an unnamed head had the phone.

Police said they located Peake's weapon that was utilized successful the shooting erstwhile adjunct manager Dominique Taylor told them that Heiar had told him that the 3 players knew wherever helium could find the weapon. Police retrieved the weapon, which was wrapped successful a towel, from Taylor that day astatine the squad hotel, according to the constabulary reports.

It's unclear erstwhile and how, specifically, the gun, tablet and telephone were transported successful the hours aft the fatal shooting.

None of the players oregon coaching unit person been charged successful transportation with the shooting. It's unclear who owned oregon drove the yellowish Camaro constabulary said they saw connected video successful the aftermath of the shooting. New Mexico State's coaches told constabulary that each of the team's players rode the autobus to Albuquerque from their campus.

Peake was suspended indefinitely by the squad this week, pending the result of investigations by the schoolhouse and by authorities police. Avery, Muhammad and Roy each were suspended for the crippled Wednesday astatine Santa Clara.

A spokesperson for the school, which announced a third-party probe this week, said nary of New Mexico State's coaches person been disciplined.

"No enactment has been taken against immoderate coaches astatine this time," Justin Bannister told ESPN erstwhile asked astir imaginable subject for the coaching staff.