The Las Cruces bowling alley massacre happened on February 10, 1990, at a bowling alley on East Amador Avenue in Las Cruces, New Mexico (later known as Ten Pin Alley), when two armed men forced seven people—three adults and four children—into an office during a robbery, shot all of them at close range, stole cash from the safe, and set a fire before fleeing; five victims ultimately died, including two young children, while two survivors were critically injured, one of whom managed to call 911, a