New Mexico State-New Mexico basketball sport postponed after taking pictures

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico State-New Mexico males’s basketball sport scheduled for Saturday was postponed after a 19-year-old man was killed and a 21-year-old man was wounded in a predawn taking pictures on the College of New Mexico campus in Albuquerque.

The taking pictures befell about 3 a.m. Saturday and the wounded man was taken to a hospital for therapy of unspecified accidents, police stated. His situation was not instantly disclosed.

Albuquerque police known as the taking pictures “a singular incident” and never a risk to different college students on campus.

“This isn’t an lively shooter,” the division stated.

The college issued alerts in a single day notifying the campus group that the taking pictures occurred close to Alvarado Corridor, a pupil dormitory.

College and Albuquerque police are investigating the taking pictures. State police stated the investigation was within the preliminary levels, however that authorities didn’t consider there was an ongoing risk to the group.

Steve Kirkland, College of New Mexico athletic director, stated in an announcement that officers from each faculties determined to postpone the night basketball sport.

“Our ideas are with all of these impacted by this tragedy,” the assertion stated, including that particulars could be launched later about rescheduling the sport and refunds.

The Rio Grande Rivalry matchup between the Lobos (3-0) and the Aggies (1-1) had been scheduled at 7 p.m. EST at The Pit, the place the athletic division stated greater than 13,000 tickets had been bought.