By Marcy Axness with Patric Hedlund, TME

Frazier Park resident Chris Ferris and his wife drove their Camry into the heart of a massive tragedy at the Casa Grande Senior Mobile Estates in Santa Maria on Tuesday, June 25. The area looked like a war zone, reduced to ashes, with five people shot dead and two communities left stunned.

Ferris’ mission was to take responsibility to make arrangements for the remains of his childhood friend, Seth Adams (33), those of Seth’s mother, Sherry (65), and…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

Photo captions:

Seth Adams, vacationing with the Ferris family last month in Arizona

Seth Adams at Ferris family 4th of July outing in 2006 when he was still living in PMC

Above: An aerial view of the devastation left after the fire.

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