KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — Dozens of people read the names of loved ones and showed their photos at a Sunday vigil for victims of gun violence.
The event at Galilee Baptist Church in Kalamazoo was meant to help families memorialize the victims and continue to grieve, but also carried a broader message about what can be done to prevent gun violence.
“Every time I see her face or something like this, it stirs up feelings,” Malinda Ligon-Whitley, whose niece died as a result of gun violence, said. “Bitter again when I hear it, something about guns. You don’t know what goes into a person’s mind when they do stuff like that. And I miss her. Her family misses her.”
She and others who were at the vigil want something to change.