An early Friday shooting at a University of New Mexico dormitory left a 14-year-old boy dead and a 19-year-old injured, prompting a campuswide lockdown. Authorities evacuated hundreds of students as police searched for the suspect, who was later taken into custody around 2:30 p.m., according to New Mexico State Police Chief Troy Weisler.
The shelter-in-place order was lifted by late afternoon, though the Albuquerque campus remains closed amid an ongoing investigation. Students have been allowed back into dorms but are urged to avoid the crime scene.
A 14-year-old boy was fatally shot early Friday during a gathering in a University of New Mexico dorm room where four people, including the suspect, had been playing video games, campus police said.
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