1 lifeless in taking pictures at College of New Mexico dorm; one other wounded with suspect at massive

One individual is lifeless and one other is injured after an early morning taking pictures at a dormitory complicated on the College of New Mexico in Albuquerque, campus police stated Friday. The suspect within the taking pictures stays at massive and should still be on campus, police stated. 

Police didn’t say who the victims had been or in the event that they had been college students. The incident happened on the faculty’s Casas del Rio (Gila) scholar housing heart, UNM President Garnett S. Stokes stated in a press release. The injured sufferer is presently hospitalized.

UNM stated on social media that its central campus has been closed “out of an abundance of warning.” College students have been requested to shelter in place, and a number of legislation enforcement companies are on the scene, the college stated.

It isn’t clear what time the taking pictures happened. Campus police stated they obtained the report of gunshots “within the early morning hours” Friday. The varsity first posted concerning the incident at 3:27 a.m. native time.

State Rep. Marianna Anaya stated in a press release that the taking pictures occurred throughout new scholar orientation, “a time when college students and their households ought to be stuffed with hope, pleasure, and a way of risk.”

“As a substitute, the sense of security for college students and residents throughout our metropolis has been impacted,” Anaya stated. “Our youth, whether or not they’re on or off campus, shouldn’t expertise this sort of trauma.”

Anybody with details about the incident is requested to name the campus police division. 

The varsity is offering counseling companies for college students, school and workers, Stokes stated. “I’m deeply saddened by the lack of life and horrified by this act of violence in our campus group,” she stated. “Our ideas and prayers go to the family members and associates of these misplaced and injured.” 

The College of New Mexico is a public college in Albuquerque. About 22,000 college students are enrolled there.