A capturing at a U.S. Air Pressure base in New Mexico early Saturday left one airman lifeless and one other wounded, army officers mentioned, including that it was not an act of terrorism or an assault by an outsider.
A press release from Kirtland Air Pressure Base in Albuquerque mentioned safety forces responded to a capturing 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 mentioned.
An replace within the afternoon mentioned the capturing occurred following “an off-base pursuit.”
There was no menace to the general public, it mentioned.
The Air Pressure 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 had been airmen.
The names of the airmen who had been shot weren’t instantly launched.
The Air Pressure Workplace of Particular Investigations was main the probe.
FBI investigators had been additionally on the scene being helped by Albuquerque police, mentioned Gilbert Gallegos, a police spokesperson.
Police weren’t looking for any suspects, he added.
