On February 3, 1980, a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, killed five people. One of the victims was 28-year-old Frederick Bergford, a soldier stationed at Fort Bliss; the other victims named were Kathleen Lynn Austin, 32; Marianne Laweka, 53; Jana L. Carpenter, 29; and Randy Wayne Steele, 20, all El Paso residents.

Support organizations such as Parents of Murdered Children assisted grieving families; Bergford’s mother is noted to have found solace through that group after the loss of her only son.

If anyone knew Frederick Bergford or was in El Paso around February 1980 and has information about him or the incident, please share what you remember.