Update: At approximately 6 p.m. it was announced that a suspect has been apprehended and taken into custody.
Update: At 1:40 p.m. the University sent out an alert stating that UNMPD would begin a "staged" and "tactical" evacuation of central campus and urged people to continue sheltering in place until UNMPD arrives at their location.
The University of New Mexico has issued a shelter-in-place order and closed its main campus after gunshots were reported near Casas del Rio early in the morning on Friday, July 25.
Reporting officers found two victims, one dead and the other with non-life-threatening injuries.
There is no information yet about what circumstances led to the shooting, according to Steve Carr, UNM’s director of communications.
The suspect remains at large, and the University is telling people to avoid central campus. The investigation is being led by New Mexico State Police, according to Carr.
The UNM Health Sciences Center and all of its critical components remain open.
The first of multiple LoboAlerts was sent out at approximately 3:30 a.m.
Jaden McKelvey-Francis is the editor-in-chief of the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at editorinchief@dailylobo.com or on X @jadenmckelvey
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