New Mexico shooting leaves three people dead and nine injured

Two police officers were among the wounded in the shooting in Farmington, in the north-west of the state

At least three people have been killed and multiple people injured after a shooting in Farmington, New Mexico, where police killed the suspected 18-year-old gunman, authorities said on Monday.

The incident occurred around 11am in Farmington, a city of about 50,000 people in the north-west of the state adjacent to the Navajo Nation. Officers responding to several calls about a shooting found a chaotic scene" where a man was firing at people on a residential street, said Baric Crum, the Farmington police deputy chief, during a news conference.