weekend marks two years since a gunman killed 12 people at a city government building in Virginia Beach. For the workers and families impacted by the tragedy, the time since has been excruciatingly difficult, said Sarah Gayle Leonard, the daughter of one of the victims. “The first year for me and many of my family members, we were in shock,” Gayle Leonard said. “We couldn’t even .
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The 1-acre oyster reef in the river will be called the Mary Lou Gayle Memorial Oyster Reef, in honor of one of the 12 victims of the Virginia Beach mass shooting.