ALBUQUERQUE: One person is dead and another wounded following a shooting early Friday at a dormitory complex at the University of New Mexico, prompting a campus-wide 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.
A shelter-in-place order remained in effect at midday and few people were seen on campus by an Associated Press reporter, hours after the university posted an alert announcing that a shooting had taken place just before 3:30 a.m.
Campus police arrived at the Casas del Rio housing center to find two people with gunshot wounds — one dead and the other with non-life-threatening injuries.
Another alert asking people to shelter in place was sent out on social media just after 6 a.m. “Multiple law enforcement agencies are on scene and actively investigating,” the university said.
