Roberto E. Rosales/Getty Images(FARMINGTON, N.M.) At least 150 rounds were fired by an 18-year-old gunman and responding officers during an apparently random shooting in a neighborhood in northwestern New Mexico on Monday, authorities said.
Three people driving through the area were killed shortly after the gunman opened fire at approximately 10:56 a.m. local time in a residential area of Farmington, about 15 miles south of the border with Colorado, police said.
The suspect identified by police Tuesday as Beau Wilson, a student at Farmington High School was shot dead by officers at 11:06 a.m., police said.
A motive remains unclear at this stage in the investigation, police said.
"This incident appears to be purely random," Farmington Deputy Chief Kyle Dowdy told reporters Tuesday. "It had no specific targets or motives to be identified at this time."
Most of those shot were driving through the area, Farmington Deputy Chief Baric Crum said. Those killed i
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Roberto E. Rosales/Getty Images(FARMINGTON, N.M.) At least 150 rounds were fired by an 18-year-old gunman and responding officers during an apparently random shooting in a neighborhood in northwestern New Mexico on Monday, authorities said.
Three people driving through the area were killed shortly after the gunman opened fire at approximately 10:56 a.m. local time in a residential area of Farmington, about 15 miles south of the border with Colorado, police said.
The suspect identified by police Tuesday as Beau Wilson, a student at Farmington High School was shot dead by officers at 11:06 a.m., police said.
A motive remains unclear at this stage in the investigation, police said.
"This incident appears to be purely random," Farmington Deputy Chief Kyle Dowdy told reporters Tuesday. "It had no specific targets or motives to be identified at this time."
Most of those shot were driving through the area, Farmington Deputy Chief Baric Crum said. Those killed i