A New Mexico State University basketball player was targeted in a fatal shooting on the UNM campus over the weekend, police said.
New Mexico State Police said in a news release that Peake was targeted by Brandon Travis, a 19-year-old UNM student, who was killed after exchanging gunfire with Peake. The confrontation on UNM’s main campus in Albuquerque occurred around 3 a.m. Saturday morning, according to police. Travis was pronounced dead at the scene. Peake was hospitalized, but he is expected to recover,
. The basketball game between the two schools scheduled for Saturday night was postponed as a result of the shooting. The female suspect was later arrested and booked into the juvenile detention center, where she is charged with aggravated battery and conspiracy, police announced. Her name was not released. The other two males have been identified, and the police department says its working with the district attorney to determine what charges they might face.
says it is aware of fights that occurred at that game, and the incidents were referred to the Dean of Students Office for further inquiry. According to information provided by
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