Nearly 100 people gathered Monday evening to honour the victims of a fatal house fire believed to be arson in Richmond Hill, Ont. The fire, which happened in the area of Skywood Drive and Rollinghill Road, has left two people dead and three other people in critical condition. Firefighters, police and paramedics were called to the home shortly before 3 a.m. on Sept. 1.
My name is Sarah Schofield. Kevin Doherty was my fiancé and on August 28th, he was shot and killed after walking our six-year-old son to his second day of school. The saying is true, there are no words that can fully capture the overwhelming pain and grief that we are experiencing. By now many of you know, Kevin and I were set to be married on September 20th.
A young man carrying white flowers approached a police line a block away from the church and school on Wednesday where hours earlier an assailant opened fire on schoolchildren, blasting bullets through stained glass windows and killing two kids. Arthur Louie grew up a few blocks away from Annunciation church in south Minneapolis, Minnesota. The church throws a fair before school starts, he said, describing it as a staple point in this community.
The balloons -- we don't know where they are going. We are just letting them go, releasing them. I believe Raymond will get one of those balloons," said Daniela Ruiz, Orozco's mother. "...he never carried any bad with him. He carried the good. Because my little brother was so good," Raymond's sister Sabrina told the crowd. "His next career that he was trying to aim for was to become an EMT or firefighter. Those are all things that he did because he believed in service and helping others..." said Roy Orozco, Raymond's father.
Harsimrat Randhawa was an innocent bystander in a tragic shooting incident in Hamilton, highlighting the senseless violence affecting communities, particularly innocent students.