A friend of a man accused of murdering a stranger in a Gainesville lumberyard, then shooting at two officers, said she doesn't want him to be remembered as a bad person. She described him as being a good father and a hard worker.

Gainesville Police Department Chief Nelson Moya shared the name of the gunman accused of killing a lumber store employee and wounding two officers on Wednesday morning

The two GPD officers shot near Imeca Lumber & Hardware in east Gainesville suffered non-life-threatening injuries.