The United States Air Force has identified the airman who was killed in a shooting over the weekend outside Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico.
Brion Teel-Scott, a 27-year-old from Bordentown, New Jersey, died on Saturday after fleeing an attempted detention near the Truman Gate in Albuquerque, according to a news release from the military base.
Security members had responded to the Truman Gate around 2 a.m. local time Saturday before engaging in an “off-base pursuit,” the Air Force base said. The pursuit resulted in a shooting that left Teel-Scott dead and another airman with a gunshot wound on his hand.
Linda Card, a spokesperson for the Air Force based in Quantico, Virginia, on Monday told USA TODAY there was no threat to the public, but did not release more details about what led to the shooting and did not specify who Teel-Scott was shot by, citing an open investigation.
Teel-Scott was found dead at the scene. Military officials said Teel-Scott was assigned to the 377th Security Forces Squadron.
The wounded airman was transported to a hospital for treatment. He was later released with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said. His identity was not released.