"New Mexico Mass Shooting: Police Release Bodycam Footage and Shooter's Mental Health Struggles"

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"New Mexico Mass Shooting: Police Release Bodycam Footage and Shooter's Mental Health Struggles"
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The motive behind the shooting of three elderly women in New Mexico by an 18-year-old student, Beau Wilson, remains unclear. However, family and friends have revealed that Wilson struggled with mental health issues and fell behind in classes after leaving his high school's varsity wrestling team due to a strained relationship with his head coach. Wilson's mother said her son relied on the team for a sense of purpose and peace as his home and school life crumbled. Wilson became the latest shooter to terrorize a community in a nation regularly plagued by gun violence.

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