A New Mexico State University student was involved in the fatal shooting of a student from the University of New Mexico hours before the scheduled tipoff of a men's basketball game between the rival schools that was later postponed, authorities said Sunday.
State police said the 19-year-old University of Mexico student was declared dead at the scene of the shooting around 3 a.m. Saturday following a shootout outside a dormitory at UNM's Albuquerque campus. The 21-year-old student from New Mexico State was wounded in the shootout and was listed in stable condition at a hospital.
