A friend of Fernando's, Joshua Trejo-Alvarado, said he's still in disbelief that he's gone.
"I'm out of words, and speechless that it was him," Trejo-Alvarado told WTKR. "I was hoping everything was a dream until today. I wish he was still standing here with me. I prayed yesterday night with my whole family for him. We got flowers and candles at home for him, too."
Also on Monday, city council leaders will hold a special meeting confirming an emergency declaration that "will free up funding to support recovery" after the shooting, according to the city's Twitter account Friday. The post did not specify how the funding would be used.Since the shooting, authorities have been trying to determine a motive for the sudden eruption of gunfire in a workplace two days before Thanksgiving.
"I wish I could have saved everyone from myself," the note continues. "My God forgive me for what I'm going to do." A search of the gunman's home turned up a box of ammunition and "various items in reference to the 9 mm handgun ," the city said in a tweet.
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