DAYTON — A local group held a vigil on Saturday to honor four people who died in shootings over the last month.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 6:00, the Community Homicide Visit said that hearing about a person being killed is heartbreaking.
But when it’s four, they said that’s way too many.
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A group of people gathered at the Oregon District on Saturday.
“By sharing this space with them, their spirit is with us, and we want to remember them and pray that nothing like that ever happens again,” said Jane Bohman, volunteer coordinator for Community Homicide Visit.
Bohman told News Center 7’s Malik Patterson that the founders had one thing in mind when they created this group 30 years ago.
“Monthly vigil to remember the victims of homicide in Montgomery County from the prior month and to pray for the end of violence in our community,” she said.
Bohman said they meet each month to pray and invite the families of each victim.
Patterson said they invited the four families on Saturday.
“It’s a terrible thing to lose a loved one to violence, and we want them to know that the community is praying for them as they go through their grief,” she said.
Bohman said that people have joined the group to help families through different stages of grief.
“We can never lose sight of the harm it does to us and the need for us all to act and pray for peace in our community,” she said.
Patterson said that the group hopes and prays that the number of shooting deaths reaches zero.
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