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Who is Beau Wilson? Officials identify slain New Mexico shooter as three killed in Farmington mass shooting

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Mia Horton

Published Jan 17, 2026

Experts in New Mexico distinguished 18-year-old Playmate Wilson as the shooter who killed three and injured six others in Farmington on Monday, May 15. Wilson was killed by answering officials at the scene.

In a news gathering on Tuesday, Delegate Police Boss Baric Crum affirmed the shooter’s way of life as 18-year-old secondary school understudy Lover Wilson, who supposedly injured two cops before he was killed at the scene.

Crum expressed that on Monday, Wilson outfitted with three weapons, including an AR-15-style rifle, started shooting haphazardly at homes and passing vehicles in the northwestern New Mexico town of Farmington where he resided.

The police boss expressed the casualties distinguished as, 97-year-old Gwendolyn Schofield, and her girl Song Ivie, 73, died at the scene after the suspect shot at their vehicle. A third lady, 79-year-old Shirley Voita, was likewise shot in her vehicle however died in the clinic.

Police said that six others, including two cops injured during the mass shooting, were hospitalized and have since been delivered.

While specialists said they were chipping away at knowing the rationale in the shooting, Boss Crum noticed that there was no connection between the people in question and the suspect. The police boss added that it seems the teen started terminating unpredictably at individuals spontaneously.

On Tuesday, Farmington Vice president Kyle Frump criticized the unwarranted viciousness that asserted three guiltless lives and said:

Different reports expressed that Playmate Wilson, a New Mexico local, was living in a home in the Farmington neighborhood when he haphazardly started shooting at the occupants hitting numerous houses and passing vehicles out and about. Officials supposedly answered emergency calls about shots discharged at 10:57 a.m. on Monday. Upon appearance, specialists found the shooter was all the while terminating at individuals in the city. Crum said:

Breaking: Police have identified 18 year old Beau Wilson as the shooter in New Mexico who killed 3 women. Apparently the shootings were random as he walked through a neighborhood. Police arrived on scene and killed Wilson. He had one gun that was legally owned by him and two…

— 🇺🇸Travis🇺🇸 (@Travis_in_Flint) May 17, 2023


Wilson, who allegedly turned 18 years of age in October 2022, moved on from Farmington Secondary School last year and was supposed to stroll in the graduation function this month. While Wilson had no significant spats with the law, specialists affirmed that he had minor infractions as an adolescent.

Specialists expressed that subsequent to meeting Wilson’s relatives agents discovered that Wilson was maybe experiencing emotional wellness issues. In any case, the suspect had not been authoritatively determined to have any mental illnesses.

Specialists expressed that in the wake of turning 18 in October last year, Lover Wilson bought one of the three weapons utilized in the mass shooting occurrence. The other two weapons were lawfully claimed by relatives.