{"id":44492,"date":"2021-09-29T19:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T01:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/update-father-and-son-suspected-in-bomb-threat-no-arrest-in-shooting-near-kemper\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:19:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:19:37","slug":"update-father-and-son-suspected-in-bomb-threat-no-arrest-in-shooting-near-kemper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/update-father-and-son-suspected-in-bomb-threat-no-arrest-in-shooting-near-kemper\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Father and son suspected in bomb threat; no arrest in shooting near Kemper"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gerardo Arturo Federico (Courtesy 22nd Judical District Attorney's Office)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Update: <\/strong> The Utah man suspected to have issued the Sept. 13 bomb threat to Montezuma-Cortez middle and high schools has not been arrested yet, and police believe he didn\u2019t act alone.<\/p>\n

The Navajo Police Department in Shiprock now believes a Montezuma Creek father and son issued the multiple threats \u2013 including one in Shiprock \u2013 after another family member called and tipped them off, police said Wednesday. A warrant is is out for their arrest, and Shiprock police are now heading the investigation.<\/p>\n

Shiprock police suspect the pair were under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the threats.<\/p>\n

Shooting near Kemper Elementary<\/div>\n

The man suspected in the Sept. 15 shooting near Kemper Elementary School has also not yet been arrested, according to city and county law enforcement.<\/p>\n

Gerardo Arturo Federico fled the state and is likely in Arizona, New Mexico or Utah, Sheriff Steve Nowlin said Sept. 24.<\/p>\n

Cortez police were called to 546 E. Montezuma Ave. for a fight, which then escalated to a shooting, in which an adult female was shot in the leg.<\/p>\n

The shooting forced Kemper students to evacuate the building. Police, thinking that Federico was inside the house, spent hours trying to persuade Federico to come outside.<\/p>\n

Assistant District Attorney Will Furse said Sept. 16 that formal charges against Federico would include first-degree assault, violation of a protection order and possession of a weapon by a previous offender.<\/p>\n

And on Sept. 23, Montezuma-Cortez High School sent out a letter that responded to a rumor of a potential threat to the school to take place Sept. 24. Law enforcement, however, did not find anything suspicious and cleared the school.<\/p>\n

Cortez Police Patrol Sgt. Glenn Edwards said the threat was \u201chearsay.\u201d<\/p>\n

The rumor was that somebody had written a threat in a school bathroom, he said, adding that school resource officer Karla Ross checked all the bathrooms the evening of Sept. 23.<\/p>\n

The threat was against a teacher at the high school, but the picture raising concern was sent from Texas, Nowlin added.<\/p>\n

This article was originally published Sept. 24 and has been updated to include new information from Navajo police in Shiprock regarding the Sept. 13 bomb threat to Montezuma-Cortez middle and high schools. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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