University of New Mexico student housing shooting: At least 1 dead

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At least one person is dead and another is injured after a shooting July 25 at a student housing complex at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, the university said.

University police said the shooter remains at large “and may still be on campus.”

“Responding officers discovered two individuals had been shot. One victim is deceased, and the other sustained non-life-threatening injuries,” school police said.

Students were sheltering in place, and the university closed its central campus “out of an abundance of caution,” the school said. Multiple law enforcement agencies were on the scene and investigating.

About 23,000 students attend the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque during the school year.

The University’s medical school was set to host a “White Coat Ceremony,” a rite of passage for incoming medical students, at 9 a.m. July 25. A ticketing site showed the festivities have been canceled.

The July 25 shooting comes less than three years after another fatal attack at a University of New Mexico housing building left one student dead and three campus visitors injured.

The November 2022 shooting broke out after students attempted to lure a New Mexico State University basketball player to campus and attempted to assault him, according to local media outlets. Two men were sentenced for their roles in the shooting in June 2024, the Las Cruces Sun-News reported.

(This is a developing story and will be updated.)

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