The car of the man from El Paso stolen and damaged a few hours after thousands of people joined him for shooting at his wife's funeral

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EL PASO, Texas – A widower, who has just buried his wife pulled in the middle of a wave of support from thousands of strangers, saw his vehicle severely damaged hours later in an apparent case. theft and vandalism.

Antonio Basco, 61, of El Paso, made the headlines after launching a public invitation to the funeral of his wife Margie Reckard, claiming that he felt lonely as the couple had not made it. no close relatives. More than 3,000 people came to his service and more than a thousand floral compositions were sent to the funeral.

Angel Gomez, of Operation Hope, who helped coordinate the funeral of many victims of mass shooting in El Paso, confirmed the unfortunate news of the destruction of Basco's vehicle at ABC-7 on Sunday. In the meantime, Casa Ford and Nissan told ABC-7 that it would contribute financially to finding a replacement vehicle for Basco.

Vanessa Kondow, a tow divider, said in a social media article that Basco's SUV was stolen and destroyed on Saturday night. He was towed home on Sunday morning.

"WTF wrong with people !?" she wrote in her post about the incident.

Kondow said Basco had just had the car repaired and repaired before it was taken. She published a photo showing the extent of the damage.

In addition to the destruction of the car, Mr. Kudow said the thief had also stolen a pressure washing machine in Basco's trailer, which he had used for his mobile car wash business.

ABC-7's attempts to contact Basco and police officials did not immediately succeed.