gun violence

A week after a 14-year-old was fatally shot in campus housing, University of New Mexico officials say they’re working to revamp policies to keep the community safer.

Early Friday morning a shooting at the University or New Mexico leaving one dead and another in critical care. The campus was in lockdown for over 10 hours. U.S. Marshals arrested the suspect Friday in Los Lunas. A student advocate with Everytown for Gun Safety talks about the impacts of the continuing violence on school campuses as the story develops.

Court documents identified the 14-year-old killed in a shooting at UNM as Michael Lamotte.

Four young men were playing video games in a dorm room at the University of New Mexico early Friday morning when one of them opened fire on the others — killing a 14-year-old and wounding a 19-year-old.

A shooting this morning at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque has left one person dead and another with non-life threatening injuries. New Mexico State Police lifted a shelter-in-place order that began at 5:30 a.m. just before 4 p.m. KOAT reported the U.S. Marshals arrested the shooting suspect in Los Lunas.

Recent research suggests that gun buybacks don't reduce overall levels of violence, but advocates say that thousands of New Mexicans have brought along guns because they were worried about safety in their homes.

The New Mexico Supreme Court heard arguments Monday without issuing a ruling on Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s public health order regarding gun violence and drug abuse. Detractors say the problems with the order go far beyond the well-publicized gun ban.

New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence unveils new mural to call attention to the public health crisis.

A University of New Mexico project that supports rural healthcare providers is taking on a new topic – violence prevention. The new training program is aimed at health professionals as well as legal personnel and educators.