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
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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.
Clayton – The Delaware State Police are investigating a homicide-suicide in the Clayton area that occurred Sunday afternoon, according to Public Information Officer, Master Corporal Gary Fournier.
Fournier said at approximately 1:05 p.m. on Sunday, April 25, 2021, troopers were dispatched to the 300 block of Hopewell Drive for a report of someone shot. Prior to their arrival, it was determined that the shooter, later identified as Raymond C. Bell, 45 of Clayton, was possibly still in the house with his girlfriend, Heather L. Truitt, 39 of Clayton, and was armed, according to Fournier. Upon the initial trooper’s arrival, two people were located outside the rear of the residence near a horse stable. One being a male victim identified as Russell N. Bell, 48 of Clayton, having apparent gunshot wounds to the upper body and a 73-year-old female who was unharmed. Troopers were able to perform first aid on Russell and rescue him from the scene before he was placed in the care of Emerge
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