A 20-year-old Arizona man went on a murder spree because of his hatred of fentanyl and homelessness, killing four and wounding one over Friday and Saturday, while an argument at a bike rally in New Mexico left three dead and five injured. There have been at least seven mass shootings so far this Memorial Day weekend, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
According to Arizona’s Family (which sounds more like a cult than a group of television stations), Iren Byers would chat with his victims around Mesa for a while, but after they mentioned wanting to use fentanyl, mentioned they were homeless or in the case of his last victim, just made him mad. He’s been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder (for what is more of a spree shooting than a mass shooting).
Across the border in Red River, New Mexico, a man was arrested after killing three and injuring at least five–one of whom was charged with murder himself in an unrelated case–after a man opened fire during a confrontation at a bar between rival biker gangs, per NBC News. Three of the wounded were arrested on separate charges not related to the shooting: one was arrested on an open murder charge, another was booked for cocaine possession, and third was charged with carrying a weapon into an establishment where liquor was served.