Mourners keep vigil for young man shot in cold blood
This shell-shocked community came together Saturday night, keeping vigil for a young man who was shot and killed at a crowded, church-sponsored youth event on Friday. A candlelight vigil was held at a memorial that sprang up near the scene of the deadly shooting a short time after it happened.
PACIFIC, Wash. - This shell-shocked community came together Saturday night, keeping vigil for a young man who was shot and killed at a crowded, church-sponsored youth event on Friday.
A memorial sprang up near the scene of the deadly shooting a short time after it happened, and became a focal point for grieving friends and family of the victim during the day that followed.
It continued Saturday night during the vigil as people stood together, stunned, candlelight flickering across their sorrowful faces.
They came together for Shiloh Drott, 21, who was enjoying an evening with family and friends at the community center in Pacific when he was gunned down in cold blood.
Someone opened fire through a window of the community center next door to Pacific's city hall, hitting Drott in the chest. He died on the rec room floor as shocked friends and children - some reportedly as young as 4 years old - looked on.
Drott's mother, says the community center was always a special place for their family.
"Our kids grew up with the rec hall. This is their sanctuary," she said late Saturday.
Drott was well-known for his work as a youth mentor. He and his friends had just finished a basketball game and were about to eat pizza when the gunman tracked him down.
"He was like, sitting in his chair. He was like, "What's going on?" And another bullet came and hit him, he just fell on the ground," says 11-year-old Kaleb Shoute, who was sitting next to Drott when he was shot to death.
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