"Grieving Community Unites in Candlelight Vigil for Georgia Mass Shooting Victims"

A candlelight vigil was held in Hampton, Georgia, to remember the four victims of a mass shooting in an Atlanta suburb. Scott Leavitt, Shirley Leavitt, Steve Blizzard, and Ronald Jeffers were shot and killed by 40-year-old Andre Longmore. The shooter was later killed in a shootout with police. The community expressed shock and disbelief at the violence in their peaceful neighborhood. Family members and friends remembered the victims as loving and kind individuals. Longmore had a history of mental health issues, but his family and officials were unable to force him to seek treatment. The incident brings the number of mass killings in the US to 31 this year.
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