Hank Shirley, who lives a block away from the scene of the shooting said he was home watching TV when he heard a series of gunshots that he described as a prolonged gun battle. Painted circles mark locations where evidence from the deadly shooting was collected Several EMS personnel hugging and crying. 'The ambulance entrance is right by my window. 'I know, we saw the first police cars come in and one pulled an officer out of the back seat and dragged them inside,' they wrote. 'But everyone is going to see him as the mass shooter of Farmington, and I'm going to see him as Beau.'įarmington is a mid-size town about 150 miles northwest of Albuquerque and about 10 miles south of New Mexico's border with Colorado.Ī person claiming to work at the San Juan Regional Medical Center described on Facebook the moment an injured officer arrived at the facility. The teenager also said he knew Wilson was protective of those he liked, but had a hard time meeting new people. 'I was like 'Are you OK?' He was like 'Yeah.' He said, 'These voices just keep getting to me.'' 'I was really confused,' the unnamed teen said. Still, he said, he knew his older friend was 'different,' recounting how at a Halloween sleepover he woke up to hear Wilson talking to people who were not there. 'I knew he was going to do something bad, but I didn't think it was going to be something like that,' the teenager said.įarmington City Council members Jeanine Bingham-Kelly, second from left, Linda Rodgers, center, and Sean Sharer, right, participate in a vigil at Hills Church Farmington Monday The 16-year-old said he sent his friend - later identified as Wilson - a Snapchat message to let him know what was going on in their neighborhood, figuring he was at school.īut he later saw a TikTok video of that same friend being shot by police officers in their neighborhood. One friend told the Albuquerque Journal how he was sleeping in his family's home on North Dustin Road when he heard gunfire on Monday morning. Four other victims who survived their injuries have not been identified. Stamatiadis has been treated and released from the hospital, while Discenza is said to be recovering from a wound to her pelvis. Six people were also injured in the shooting rampage, including Farmington Police Sergeant Rachel Discenza and New Mexico State Police Officer Andreas Stamatiadis, who were both taken to San Juan Regional Medical Center 'We are doing the best that we can piece through, talk with family members of the suspect, piece through what was going on, look through the evidence to figure out what the motivation was.' As per Sylvia's request, no funeral or service will be held.'The event is difficult to understand,' Chief Hebbe said. She is survived by her husband Thomas Gorman brother Robert Hoke son Todd Murphy son Mark Murphy and his wife Jennifer grandchildren Ciaran, Finnian, and Madelyn. Sylvia was preceded in death by her parents Robert and Bernice Hoke. Her family meant the world to her and she was especially devoted to her three grandchildren who loved their visits from Grandma Sylvia. Sylvia enjoyed connecting with people, spending time outdoors as well as with her special pets. Sylvia was a passionate advocate for American Indian, environmental and social justice causes. She was also a career development counselor at Sinclair College and public relations liaison for the Dayton International Airshow in Dayton, Ohio. She graduated from Wright State University and worked as a research assistant at Fels Institution in Yellow Springs Ohio. She was a beautiful person who spread joy and happiness wherever she went. Sylvia Gorman (Hoke) passed away peacefully on in Albuquerque, New Mexico surrounded by her family.
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