One person is dead and another wounded following a shooting early Friday at a University of New Mexico dormitory that prompted the evacuation of hundreds of students and a campuswide search for the suspect.
One person is dead and another wounded following a shooting early Friday at a University of New Mexico dormitory that prompted the evacuation of hundreds of students and a campuswide search for the suspect.
The campus was closed and yellow tape cordoned off a student housing area as authorities conducted a sweep for the suspect.
Investigators also gathered around a vehicle that was taped off in a parking lot.
The two people shot were inside a dorm building where they had been visiting a student, but they were not students themselves, said Lt. Tim Delgado with the University of New Mexico Police Department.
He said a suspect remained at large as of midafternoon, and it was unknown if that person remained on campus.
A shelter-in-place order remained in place while police evacuated parts of the campus.
“We had a student orientation going so there were like 400 kids in dorms, so we wanted to make sure they were safe and they are safely off campus now,” Delgado said.
Officials issued an initial alert just before 3:30 a.m. that a shooting had taken place.
