Delaware News Journal
After deadly shootings in Smyrna and Clayton this week, church leaders from both communities organized a prayer vigil Thursday to call for peace.
About 125 people gathered at George Wright Jr. Municipal Park in Smyrna on the cloudy, breezy evening for the candlelight service which included messages from pastors, prayers, the singing of “Amazing Grace,” the reading of the 23rd Psalm and the Lord’s Prayer.
Denzell Dalton, the husband of 21-year-old Smyrna shooting victim Deanna Dee Dominick-Dalton, attended the service. Deanna was friends with Stephanie Gill. They were both shot by Stephanie’s husband, Llewellyn “Lew” Gill, who then shot himself before crashing his car near Galena, Maryland, police said.
After six people died in shootings in the Smyrna-Clayton area this week, church leaders organized a community candlelight prayer vigil Thursday evening
We are here to support you : Prayer vigil follows deadly shootings in Smyrna-Clayton area Ben Mace, Delaware News Journal
Smyrna vigil brings messages of hope, support
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After deadly shootings in Smyrna and Clayton this week, church leaders from both communities organized a prayer vigil Thursday to call for peace.
About 125 people gathered at George Wright Jr. Municipal Park in Smyrna on the cloudy, breezy evening for the candlelight service that included messages from pastors, prayers, the singing of “Amazing Grace,” the reading of the 23rd Psalm and the Lord’s Prayer.
Denzell Dalton, the husband of 21-year-old Smyrna shooting victim Deanna Dee Dominick-Dalton, attended the service. Deanna was friends with Stephanie Gill. They were both shot by Stephanie’s husband, Llewellyn “Lew” Gill, who then shot himself before crashing his car near Galena, Maryland, police said.