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Community gathers in Shoreline to remember victims of Sandy Hook massacre, local gun violence
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Community members gathered in Shoreline on Wednesday for a remembrance ceremony marking 10 years since the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut, which took the lives of 20 students and six educators.
Washington survivors of gun violence, students and gun safety advocates spoke the names of victims at St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church, sang and played music, and shared words of support in a candlelight vigil.
Speakers noted that in the 10 years since Sandy Hook, gun violence has continued to plague communities across the country, including in the Seattle area.
"2020 marked the first year that firearms overtook car accidents as the leading cause of death for children and youth according to the CDC," said Jane Weiss, a Washington resident and survivor of gun violence.
This year, one child in the Seattle area was killed by gun violence on a school campus: Seventeen-year-old Ebenezer Haile at Ingraham High School.
Chetan Soni, a senior at Lincoln High School, said the death of Haile has given him and his peers the motivation to advocate on behalf of gun control and mental health.
Read the full story here; https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/10-year-mark-sandy-hook-shoreline-gun-violence/281-b95dd585-1a0e-4c1d-afbc-e255b9af4d85