1 dead, 1 wounded, suspect at large in University of New Mexico dorm shooting
Gunshots were fired at the Casas del Rio dormitory complex, the university said in a statement. The wounded person's injuries were not life-threatening, it said.
'Out of an abundance of caution, UNM has closed its Albuquerque central campus,' the university said in the statement, posted online about 6:30 a.m.
'Multiple law enforcement agencies are on scene and actively investigating,' it said.
The university in central Albuquerque has about 23,000 students during the school year.
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