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Kirtland airman dead and another injured in shootout with base personnel
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A shooting between a Kirtland Air Force Base airman and base security members left the airman dead and a security member injured early Saturday morning near the Truman entrance to the base.
A KAFB news release said members of the 377th Security Forces Squadron responded around 2 a.m. to “an incident” involving an airman at the Truman Gate, which is off Gibson, west of San Mateo, in Southeast Albuquerque.
The initial encounter led to KAFB security chasing the airman off base and ending with “shots fired” by security members, according to the release, leaving the airman dead and a security member injured.
“One Airman received a nonfatal gunshot wound to the hand and was transported to (University of New Mexico) Medical Center for treatment,” according to the release. “He has since been released with no life-threatening injuries.”
The Air Force Office of Special Investigations is working with the FBI and the Albuquerque Police Department to investigate the incident.
“There is currently no threat to the public,” KAFB said in the release. “To protect the integrity of the open investigation, we cannot provide additional details at this time.”
The release did not identify the airman who was killed and pronounced dead at the scene, which was cordoned off from San Mateo and Gibson to the base entrance, where the incident began.
Saturday morning, several Kirtland security vehicles and crime scene tape set a perimeter in the area across from the Taco Bell at San Mateo and Gibson, east of the Truman Gate. Within the perimeter, on the road that leads toward the gate, a body could be seen on the ground.
