[2][3][11] Farmington Municipal Schools were placed in lockdown for almost two hours due to an initial belief by police that there was a second shooter involved.
[15] The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said in a tweet at 12:55 p.m. that they were "assisting with a report of a mass shooting" in Farmington.
[18] Governor of New Mexico Michelle Lujan Grisham gave her condolences to the victims and said that the shooting "serves at yet another reminder of how gun violence destroys lives in our state and our country every single day".
[26] In a joint statement, New Mexico's five members of Congress stated they would promote gun control legislation.
[12] Nonprofit organization Brady Campaign, which focuses on preventing gun violence, also responded to the shooting.
[27] In September 2023, Lujan Grisham issued an emergency order restricting carrying firearms in Albuquerque for 30 days in response to this and other shootings in New Mexico.