A 14-year-old boy was killed and an 18-year-old is in custody. University police responded to an alarm at one of the Albuquerque campus' buildings at about 1:36 a.m. on July 25 and discovered broken windows and what appeared to be blood on the scene, New Mexico State Police Chief Troy Weisler said at news conference on the evening of July 25.

A suspect was arrested Friday in a shooting that left one person dead and another injured at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and prompted a shelter-in-place order, officials said. John Fuentes, 18, was arrested by state police officers at a traffic stop around 2:30 p.m. Friday, said Troy Weisler, chief of the New Mexico State Police.

In 2022, New Mexico State basketball player Mike Peake killed UNM student Brandon Travis during a shootout outside the dorms. Travis and his friends attacked Peake over a grudge stemming from a fight at a football game. Peake, who was injured, was never prosecuted in the case, as it was ruled self-defense, but Travis’ accomplices were charged.