4 slain in Georgia mass shooting memorialized as neighbors gather for candlelight vigil
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July 19, 2023
HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — A few hundred people gathered Monday for a vigil to remember four victims of a mass shooting in an Atlanta suburb, singing "This Little Light of Mine" at the end as they lit candles in their honor.
Family members, friends and neighbors were still shaking off disbelief at the 10-minute span Saturday when Scott Leavitt, 67; his wife, Shirley Leavitt, 66; Steve Blizzard, 65; and Ronald Jeffers, 66, were shot and killed. Police and witnesses named 40-year-old Andre Longmore as the shooter.
"My parents loved each other," Scott Leavitt Jr. said after the vigil, a tear runnin...
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