Shooting at US Air Force Base: Firing at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico Kills Airman, Wounds Another; FBI Takes Over Investigation

Albuquerque, February 22: A shooting at a US Air Force base in New Mexico early Saturday morning left one airman dead and another wounded, authorities said, adding that it was not an act of terrorism or an attack by an outsider. Officials at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque said security forces responded to a shooting near one of the entrances to the base at about 2 am. One airman died at the scene, and the other was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound to a hand and later discharged, authorities said in a statement. Mexico Shooting: 10 Killed, 7 Injured After Gunmen Open Fire at Local Bar in Queretaro, 1 Arrested.

The Air Force released few other details and did not immediately say whether someone was in custody or if there was a search for a suspect. A spokesperson declined to say whether the shooter or shooters also were airmen. The names of the airmen who were shot were not immediately released. FBI investigators were at the scene being helped by Albuquerque police, a city police spokesperson said.

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