Mourners gather to mark a year since Maine’s deadliest mass shooting

Associated Press

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Maine residents whose sense of safety was shattered last year by a mass shooting have marked the anniversary Friday with a memorial service that drew hundreds of people to the city’s hockey arena. The killings of 18 people by an Army reservist in Lewiston drove home the stark reality that no corner of the country is safe from gun violence. The largest of Friday’s memorial gatherings was held at The Colisée arena. The exact moments of the shootings one year later were marked with moments of silence. At the front of the stage were 18 chairs, each with a blue heart containing a victim’s name, along with a candle and white flowers.