Arizona gun control activists call for action at vigil

 


PHOENIX (AP) — Yamile Martinez choked back tears as she talked about the life of Shana Fisher, a 16-year-old killed in the mass shooting at Santa Fe High School last week. She never knew the teenager who died more than 1,200 miles away, but Martinez wept over the reality that Fisher would never go to prom, or head off to college.

"Her dream was to be an artist," Martinez said.

Martinez was among the Phoenix-area students who spoke about the Santa Fe victims during a March for Our Lives Arizona vigil. The candlelight ceremony drew about 150 students, parents and community members with a twofold...



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