Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Shooting at University of New Mexico kills 1

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A 19-year-old man was killed and a 21-year-old man was wounded in a predawn shooting Saturday at the University of New Mexico campus in Albuquerqu­e, where police said it was not an active shooting or a threat to others on campus.

School officials called off a basketball game scheduled with in-state rival New Mexico State.

The shooting took place about 3 a.m. and the wounded man was taken to a hospital for treatment of unspecifie­d injuries, police said. His condition was not immediatel­y disclosed.

Albuquerqu­e police called the shooting “a singular incident” and not a threat to other students on campus.

The university issued alerts overnight notifying the campus community that the shooting happened near Alvarado Hall, a student dormitory.

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