Teenaged mass shooter Beau Wilson begged police to execute him after he fatally gunned down three elderly women in his New Mexico hometown this week, footage released by police Thursday shows.
The sound of the 18-year-old gunman’s rapid-fire shots was captured on a Farmington resident’s Ring camera Monday before Wilson can clearly be heard calling for punishment.
“Come kill me!” Wilson screamed, moments before city officers returned a fatal shot in front of a church near the Four Corners — where New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado meet.
The city’s police chief said Wilson had an opportunity to run away from responding officers in a clear attempt at dying via suicide by cop.
“Yes, it’s my belief that ultimately in his head, he has made the decision that he is going to stand and fight it out until he is killed,” Chief Steve Hebbe said.
Wilson’s wish was ultimately granted — Sgt. Rachel Discenza delivered the fatal shot to Wilson, who exchanged a bullet simultaneously.
Newly released body camera footage shows Discenza and other officers rushing toward the Farmington High School senior, who had ripped off his modified protective vest with steel plates for the final confrontation.
“Farmington police! Let’s see your hands!“ a male officer shouts at Wilson.
An explosion of fire can be heard moments before Discenza drops to the ground and shouts: “I’m shot!”
Police rushed to handcuff Wilson, but he was dead at the scene.
A note was later found in the pocket of his discarded vest that said, “If your (sic) reading this I’m the end of the chapter.”
It is not yet clear how many gunshot wounds Wilson had sustained.
The entire shooting lasted just 10 minutes, police said earlier this week.
Wilson started the rampage from the front porch of his house and marched through a quarter-mile stretch of the city just before 11 a.m. Monday in what police said was a “purely random” act of violence.
He began shooting indiscriminately at vehicles that were passing through the area, fatally striking Gwendolyn Schofield, 97, her 73-year-old daughter, Melody Ivie, and 79-year-old Shirley Voita.
Voita, a retired school nurse, was Wilson’s first victim.
She managed to crawl out of her car and was lying on the street when Schofield and Ivie stopped their own car to help.
“They see something in the road, which turns out to be [Voita], and they’re in the process of pulling over” when another hail of gunfire erupts, Hebbe said. “At that time we believe all those rounds are fired from [the rifle].”
Six others, including two police officers, were injured in the shootout.
Wilson sprayed at least 150 bullets from three different firearms, including an “assault-style rifle” that he legally purchased after his 18th birthday last year.
Wilson reportedly lived with his father in a home containing an arsenal of weapons and ammunition, apparently legally owned.
Police are still working to uncover a motive for the tragic Monday shooting.
Wilson — who cops believe was suffering from mental health issues and had a history of minor infractions — was due to graduate from the local high school the day following the massacre.
With Post wires
