Shooting at Air Force Base in New Mexico Kills One Airman, Injures Another

Shooting at Air Force Base in New Mexico Kills One Airman, Injures Another
Police respond to a deadly shooting at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, N.M., early on Feb. 22, 2025. Chancey Bush/The Albuquerque Journal via AP
The Associated Press
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—A shooting at a U.S. Air Force base in New Mexico early Saturday left one airman dead and another wounded, military officials said, adding that it was not an act of terrorism or an attack by an outsider.

A statement from Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque said security forces responded to a shooting near one of the entrances to the base at about 2 a.m. One airman died at the scene, and the other was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound to a hand and later discharged, the statement said.