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Lighting the way to healing
Thursday, September 2, 2010 10:21 PM MST

They gathered for healing, for peace and for prayer. But with the memories so fresh, the tears started flowing.

Less than a week after the tragic shooting that claimed the lives of five Lake Havasu City residents, more than 100 people in the community participated in a candlelit vigil Thursday night at Lake Havasu High School. The gathering marked the first step toward healing since Brian Diez shot and killed 23-year-old Deborah Langstaff, 24-year-old Primo Verdone, Russell Nyland, 42, Ashleigh Nyland, 20, and Broc Kelson, 20, the night of Aug. 28. Debbi Nyland, 44, survived the shooting and is currently in fair condition in a Las Vegas Hospital.

“My heart just told me the community needed healing,” said Dawn Marie Hayden, who organized the vigil. “We see tragedy every day here because we are a resort community, so there are people who have died on the lake, river and (State Route) 95. But nothing like this.”

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