Wheaton vigil honors Florida shooting victims
The 17 people killed in the Valentine's Day school shooting in Parkland, Florida, were remembered in a candlelight vigil Sunday in Wheaton.
Mourners gathered outside Wheaton Warrenville South High School to hear speakers including Lauren Carr of Carol Stream, a survivor of the 2008 NIU mass shooting in which her friend Gayle Dubowski was killed, and Joe Dubowski of Carol Stream, Gayle's father and now a licensed marriage and family therapist who specializes in grief counseling.
News of the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, arrived just as a memorial service was about to begin Wednesday in DeKalb for the NIU shooting, which also was on Valentine's Day.
The 17 people killed in the Valentine's Day school shooting in Parkland, Florida, were remembered in a candlelight vigil Sunday in Wheaton.
Courtesy of Melissa Anderson
Lauren Carr of Carol Stream, a survivor of the 2008 NIU mass shooting, speaks during Sunday's vigil in Wheaton for the Florida shooting victims.
Courtesy of Melissa Anderson
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