Date uploaded: 2021-12-01 11:56:36
Hundreds of people, shell-shocked and in tears from the shooting rampage at Oxford High School in Michigan that left three dead and eight more injured, attended three different prayer services Tuesday night, looking for comfort and meaning amid the devastation.
They spanned the ages — students in Oxford varsity jackets and sweatshirts in blue and gold, the school's colors; parents with worry etched on their faces; community members who never thought anything like this could happen in their little enclave in northern Oakland County.
“Just about all of Oxford hurts,” Pastor Jesse Holt told a crowd of more than 200, at LakePoint Community Church in Oxford Township. When seating ran out, dozens stood for the service. Several held onto each other for comfort. Then, sharing a common flame, they lit candles each had been given. And they wept.
📸 Matthew Hatcher, @gettyimages; Jeff Kowalsky, @afpphoto via @gettyimages
