A Farmington High School student with purported mental health issues and no adult criminal record left people who knew him shaken, when on the eve of his high school graduation he went on a shooting rampage through his neighborhood.

Beau Wilson, 18, of Farmington, fired more than 150 rounds from two firearms and an assault-style rifle, killing three elderly women and injuring seven others, including two law enforcement officers, before he was shot and killed by police.

“It’s taken me by surprise,” said Lucas Posegate, 19, of Portales. He knew Wilson in high school and gave him rides to class.

“He had auto shop and welding with me,” Posegate said. “He was a good kid. I never really assumed he would have done something like this. He never gave off red flags to me.”

Wilson was also a member of the Farmington High School wrestling team during his freshmen, sophomore and junior years.

Farmington Police still do not know what motivated Wilson to shoot up the neighborhood.

“There is no way for us to tell his intent,” Farmington Deputy Police Chief Kyle Dowdy said. “Mental health is something that came from interviews with family members.”

Dowdy added that Wilson did have minor infractions as a juvenile.

“We have not come across anything that would rise to the area of him being on our radar,” he said. “We have come across that he potentially had some mental health issues and that has come across from interviews with involved parties in his life. There has been some concern about his mental health.”

The incident began at 10:56 a.m. Monday, when Wilson was caught on a Ring doorbell video firing the first shots. One minute later, Farmington Police were dispatched to the area of North Dustin and Ute Street in response to shots fired.

“We’re having a difficult time getting the exact number of people who called, but it was hundreds of people,” Dowdy said, adding that officers arrived on scene at 11:02 a.m. with shots still being fired.

“The suspect roamed through the neighborhood and fired indiscriminately at six houses and three vehicles,” Dowdy said.

During this time, three women were struck with bullets. Melody Ivie, 73, and Gwendolyn Schofield, 97, died at the scene, while Shirley Voita, 79, was shot and taken to San Juan Regional Medical Center, where she died.

“The brutality that these people faced is something that is unconscionable to me, and I don’t care what age you are or what else you have going on in your life to kill three elderly women in no position to defend themselves is always going to be a tragedy,” Dowdy said. “It’s three people who lost their lives that were absolutely innocent.”

Seven additional people were treated and released for injuries they received in the shooting, and several others were treated at the scene. Police did not have an accurate count of those treated for minor injuries.

“We are still gathering that information. We had so much coming and going from that,” Farmington Police Deputy Chief Baric Crumb said.

“We know that he was firing into vehicles, and with such action, when a round penetrates the glass of a vehicle that glass can explode into and upon the individuals,” Crumb said. “That glass can cut and fracture and do damage to the individual persons. We know a lot of those were that type of injury.”

Officers contacted Wilson at 11:06 a.m.

“They show up. They give commands – multiple commands. He starts firing at them. They fire back,” Dowdy said, adding four officers fired a total of 16 rounds. “Simultaneously, the officer and the suspect were shot.”

Police Sgt. Rachel Discenza was hit with a bullet in her pelvic region. She was treated and released at San Juan Regional Medical Center and is recovering from the injury.

New Mexico State Police Officer Andreas Stamatiadas was driving by the scene and also was shot in his vehicle. He drove himself to the hospital, where he was treated for the injury.

Multiple law enforcement agencies responded, offering assistance to Farmington Police. Dowdy added three Farmington officers were on their way to lunch when they heard the call. The officers abandoned their lunch, and not even outfitted in body armor, arrived at the scene to offer their help.

“There is no doubt countless lives were saved by the heroic and quick action of law enforcement. There were many acts of bravery, I’m sure we’ll hear about,” Farmington Mayor Nate Duckett said. “I want to thank the neighborhood where this happened, and the number of citizens who came out to assist law enforcement.”

While there were both police and civilian heroes, all will need to heal, and according to Crum this will be a “long and arduous” process, in which the police will be committed to stand by the community’s “side every step of the way.”

There are victims’ assistance services being offered to those affected by this, as well as in-house counseling for law enforcement involved.

“Our community is strong resilient and united together we will heal and overcome this tragedy,” Crum said. “We stand as one.”