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One dead, one injured in Thursday shooting

Staff report

The Tucumcari Police Department is investigating a shooting that has killed one person and left another hospitalized.

Officers were still on the scene early Thursday evening after the shooting occurred about 4 p.m.

The incident occurred in the 700 block of South Seventh Street, said Chief Jason Braziel.

Braziel said both were transported to Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital for treatment, and one succumbed to injuries. He declined to release the name, age sex of either victim, and did not know the extent of injuries for hte hospitalized individual.

Braziel said no arrests had been made as of 6 p.m.