ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A taking pictures at a U.S. Air Power base in New Mexico early Saturday left one airman lifeless and one other wounded, navy officers stated, including that it was not an act of terrorism or an assault by an outsider.
A press release from Kirtland Air Power Base in Albuquerque stated safety forces responded to a taking pictures close to one of many entrances to the bottom at about 2 a.m. One airman died on the scene, and the opposite was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound to a hand and later discharged, the assertion stated.
An replace within the afternoon stated the taking pictures occurred following “an off-base pursuit.” There was no risk to the general public, it stated.
The Air Power launched few different particulars and didn’t instantly say whether or not anybody was in custody. A spokesperson declined to say whether or not the shooter or shooters additionally have been airmen.
The names of the airmen who have been shot weren’t instantly launched.
The Air Power Workplace of Particular Investigations was main the probe.
FBI investigators have been additionally on the scene being helped by Albuquerque police, stated Gilbert Gallegos, a police spokesperson. Police weren’t trying to find any suspects, he added.
