Each of the three women killed last week when indiscriminate gunfire erupted in a residential neighborhood of Farmington, New Mexico, left a unique mark in the community that spanned generations.
Longtime Farmington, N.M., preschool teacher Melody Ivie, far right, poses with some of her students, including 4-year-old Jerron Pickering, top center. Jerron's father, Sheldon Pickering, grew up a few houses from Ivie and her family. Ivie was among three older women who died May 15, 2023, when an 18-year-old gunman began indiscriminately shooting at vehicles in his Farmington neighborhood.
Each of the women led active professional and civic lives, centered around their families and faith, leaving indelible marks on a city of 50,000 near the point where New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Utah meet.They were laid to rest this week during two days of memorial services in a community still grieving from the impacts of aon the eve of his high school graduation that left six others wounded, including two police officers. Officers shot and killed the gunman.
Schofield moved on to other teaching jobs, gravitating to small towns in Wyoming and Idaho before settling in Farmington to be closer to her family after Raymond Dean died in the 1990s. She remarried but became a widow again 20 years later in 2020. Neighbor Sheldon Pickering, 42, said he grew up a few houses from the Ivie family home and was there often, playing the piano for Ivie whenever she asked to hear a song.When Pickering became a parent, he enrolled his daughter and son at the Ivie League preschool, where they learned to tie shoes and count, and where Ivie taught Pickering countless lessons that he says changed the way he views parenthood.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
New Mexico shooting victims mourned by their children, 64 grandchildrenEach of the three women killed last week when indiscriminate gunfire erupted in a residential neighborhood of Farmington, New Mexico, left a unique mark in the community that spanned generations
Read more »
Videos, 911 calls capture frantic response to deadly New Mexico rampagePolice in New Mexico have released hours of officer body and dash camera videos and 911 recordings showing the chaos that unfolded when a gunman opened fire on a busy street in Farmington on May 15, killing three before police shot him dead
Read more »
Videos, 911 calls capture frantic response to deadly New Mexico rampageHundreds of frantic calls poured in to dispatchers about a barrage of gunfire and bloodied victims along a busy street during this month's deadly shooting in Farmington, prompting authorities to rush to the chaotic scene not knowing what was in store. The minutes that followed were a scramble as authorities searched the neighborhood for a possible second shooter, while other officers huddled to figure out how far the crime scene stretched and which vehicles had been hit by gunfire. The 911 calls convey the widening chaos as residents called in the location of bullet-pocked vehicles, including an abandoned car with a door flung open and shattered windshield.
Read more »
Fashion news you missed this weekA Dior show in Mexico and Machine-A’s new era: What’s in Fashion?
Read more »