A community walk was held in Prince Rupert on Sunday to honour the life of a woman killed in a murder-suicide at the Ocean Centre Mall last week.
Roughly 150 residents gathered to pay respects to Patty Forman, a Child and Family Services worker who was fatally shot in last Monday’s incident.
Organized by MLA Jennifer Rice, the walk saw participants meet on the courthouse lawn, before a police escort brought them to the Mall.
After leaving tributes, the procession continued to the waterfront, ending with speeches, prayers, singing, and drumming to honour Forman.
Rice said the walk was less of a memorial march, and more of a way for community members to come together to grieve and lift each other up.
Following the tragedy, Mayor Herb Pond said that in a town the size of Prince Rupert, an event that traumatic impacts everyone.
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