Sunday 29 May 2022 02:22 AM Mourners embrace and comfort each other at a memorial service close to the site ... trends now
A crowd of mourners and community members embraced and consoled each other at a memorial service close to the scene of the Texas shooting, where an 18-year-old gunman massacred 19 children and two teachers.
Flowers, balloons, candles and handmade posters were laid by the fountain of the Uvalde town square, just roughly a mile away from Robb Elementary School, on Saturday, as well as 21 crosses in honor of all of the victims.
There was also an outpouring number of community members who were there for those who had lost a loved one from Tuesday's shooting. It seemed that every local inhabitant knew at least a connection to a victim, as Uvalde only has a population of 16,122 residents.
Al 21 crosses were spread across the fountain. Each of them had a pink balloon tied to the ground. An abundance of flowers were laid down in front of each cross, as well as stuffed animals, heartfelt hand-written messages and candles too.
Blue hearts were also glued to every cross so that friends, family and classmates could honor victims with words of kindness. Furthermore, the name of each victim was seperately engraved on every cross.
Mourners were also seen chalking up sidewalks in the town with verses from the Bible that promote love, compassion and eternal life. Messages of remembrance and names of the victims were written on the concrete floor too. A motorcade in support of the shooting victims were also seen driving through the town with heartfelt messages written on their windows.
One of them read: 'Our hearts are with Uvalde TX.'
Families of the Uvalde massacre victims gathered around the small town's square on Saturday in honor of the 19 children and two children who died from the shooting on Tuesday
A family of mourners were pictured embracing one another as they paid their respects to the 21 victims on Saturday afternoon
A woman in purple and other mourners observe the memorial site, where 21 crosses were spread out in honor of each victim
An abundance of flowers were laid down in front of each cross, as well as stuffed animals, heartfelt hand-written messages and candles
It was an emotional day for many local residents as they mourned and showed their support at the memorial for the victims
Two men were seen embracing one another as they observe the memorial site, where hundreds of community members gathered on Saturday afternoon
Mourners were also seen chalking up sidewalks in the town with verses from the bible as they remember those who lost their lives earlier this week
Some of the other messages promoted an end to gun violence, while others read the names of the victims
A motorcade in support of the shooting victims is pictured on the highway on the way to the small town of 16,000 residents
One of the messages on a pick-up truck read: 'Our hearts are with Uvalde TX'
The town's square is usually used as a place where residents meet to grab a bite and enjoy live music and local art or do some late night shopping on every second Friday of the month for an event known as Four Square Fridays.
'It's a place where we have gatherings like Four-Square Fridays where we all come out and enjoy good food and music,' Arianna Diaz, 18, told Border Report.
'We gathered here once a month… as a town, small businesses here. You come and listen to music. You eat food. You see your fellow community members gathered here so it's such a tragic event,' Jaime Cruz, 18, also told the new outlets. 'This should have never happened,' he added.
There were also twenty-one empty chairs with the names of every victim taped to them outside of a
