More than a week after a fatal shooting left one dead and three injured following a graduation ceremony at Fairfield High School, community members gathered Friday in the campus’s parking lot to grieve and honor the victims.
As information about the investigation remains sparse, the vigil, hosted by a coalition of faith leaders at the site of the tragedy, served as a time for residents to reclaim the space, according to Hope Christian Church minister Dennis Murphy.
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“We will be praying for our hearts to grow beyond the tragedy that took place,” he said before the event. “What happened is tragic; it’s painful, [but] we will heal, and it doesn’t define us.”
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