A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon conducts flight training at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Aug. 18, 2025. (Elijah Strickland/U.S. Air Force)
A veteran died and an active-duty service member was injured in a “domestic related” shooting Tuesday evening at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., according to the service.
The injured service member was in stable condition Wednesday, the base said in a news release that day. Neither individual has been identified.
The shooting happened near the base convenience store around 5:30 p.m., according to the release and information provided Tuesday by base spokesman Capt. Daniel Barnhorst.
The veteran, described as a civilian who previously served at Holloman, was pronounced dead at the scene, the Air Force said.
The installation was placed on lockdown after reports of the shooting, Barnhorst told Stars and Stripes by email. The lockdown was lifted shortly after security personnel arrived around 5:30 p.m. and determined the scene was safe.
“This was an isolated incident and there is no ongoing threat to our community,” the base said in Wednesday’s release. “Based on the current investigation, this incident was domestic related, but the individuals were not married.”
The convenience store will be closed until further notice, according to a Tuesday post on Holloman’s official Facebook page.
The Air Force declined to release the name of the veteran who died. A spokesman for the Otero County Sheriff’s Office was not available for comment Wednesday evening.
Holloman is home to the 49th Wing, where F-16 Fighting Falcon and MQ-9 Reaper drone pilots are trained, according to the base website. The installation is about 12 miles southwest of Alamogordo in southern New Mexico and roughly 200 miles south of Albuquerque.
