NMSU athlete hurt in fatal shooting, school says

A New Mexico State student-athlete was progressive successful the fatal shooting of a pupil from the University of New Mexico aboriginal Saturday, according to a schoolhouse official.

New Mexico State chancellor Dan E. Arvizu confirmed Sunday that "one of our pupil athletes is present successful the infirmary pursuing an altercation connected the UNM campus." The 21-year-old antheral was wounded successful the shootout and listed successful unchangeable information astatine a hospital.

State constabulary said a 19-year-old New Mexico pupil was declared dormant astatine the country astir 3 a.m. Saturday pursuing a shootout extracurricular a dormitory connected field successful Albuquerque. Police said the 2 men had an altercation that led to an speech of gunfire, which was being investigated arsenic a homicide. How and wherefore they crossed paths remained unclear Sunday.

"We besides cognize that different idiosyncratic has mislaid their beingness pursuing that altercation. ... Some of our athletics unit stayed down successful Albuquerque to beryllium with our pupil athlete," Arvizu wrote successful a missive to students, parents, employees, alumni and fans. "NMSU unit person been successful interaction with investigators and person been cooperating with instrumentality enforcement throughout."

Arvizu did not place the jock oregon what athletics helium played, though the Aggies men's hoops squad had been slated to look the Lobos successful Albuquerque connected Saturday earlier the crippled was postponed pursuing the shooting.

The chancellor added that "additional circumstances surrounding this incidental are inactive being investigated" and it's important that "no 1 unreserved to judgement until each the facts are made available."

No members of the New Mexico men's hoops squad were progressive successful the shooting, a root told ESPN's Myron Medcalf connected Saturday.

Police said the sanction of the pupil who died was being withheld until relatives could beryllium notified, and authorities were trying to find witnesses to the altercation.

Officer Ray Wilson, a New Mexico State Police spokesman, said officers stopped the Aggies' squad autobus "as portion of the ongoing probe into the homicide" arsenic the conveyance headed backmost to Las Cruces connected Saturday afternoon. The autobus was aboriginal released without anyone aboard being detained, Wilson said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.