Suspect at large after shooting on University of New Mexico campus leaves 1 dead, 1 injured

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A deadly shooting has prompted the University of New Mexico to issue a shelter in place on its Albuquerque central campus on Friday morning.

Officials said UNM police received a report of gunshots fired at Casas del Rio (Gila) student housing center, located at 420 Redondo Dr NE, on Friday. Responding officers discovered two individuals had been shot. One victim died, and the other sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

The suspect remains at large and may still be on campus, UNM said in the alert.

A Lobo Alert announcing the shelter in place was sent out on social media around 6:17 a.m. local time, and officials asked people to avoid the central campus, which was closed.

“Subject with a firearm is at large, police are on scene. If on campus, continue to shelter in place,” reads the latest alert, sent just before 7 a.m. local time.

The university first sent an alert about the shooting around 3:27 a.m.

Multiple law enforcement agencies are on scene and actively investigating. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call UNMPD at 505-277-2241.

The shooting comes just days before UNM wraps up its summer session on July 29. The fall semester will begin on Aug. 18.

A student housing building was also the site of a shooting at the University of New Mexico in 2022, when a group of students attempted assault a basketball player from New Mexico State University, allegedly as revenge for a previous argument. Court documents indicated that the UNM students pointed a gun and attacked the athlete, after which he fired back and struck one of his attackers fatally.