One airman lifeless, one other injured after taking pictures incident at Kirtland Air Pressure Base

One airman is lifeless and one other is injured with a gunshot wound following a “taking pictures incident” involving safety forces at Kirtland Air Pressure Base in New Mexico early Saturday.

Safety forces assigned to the 377th Safety Forces Squadron at Kirtland Air Pressure Base responded to “an incident” at round 2 a.m. Saturday, which led to the taking pictures, the bottom mentioned in a press release.

The injured airman was shot within the hand and transported to the College of New Mexico Heart for therapy, the bottom mentioned. He has since been launched.

The opposite airman was discovered lifeless on the scene, KAFB mentioned.

“The reason for demise and the incident stays beneath investigation by native authorities,” the bottom mentioned within the launch.

In an replace on Fb, the bottom mentioned “officers are investigating an incident that occurred early this morning close to Kirtland Air Pressure Base,” although it was not instantly clear which officers are main the investigation or the place precisely it occurred.

The bottom mentioned there is no such thing as a menace to the general public or to base personnel right now, and that the Truman Gate and the Truman Customer Heart are closed till additional discover.

No different particulars have been launched by the bottom concerning the incident.