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UTC Shooting Victim Monique Clark Remembered By Family, Friends
Breaking: Friends including Nick Cannon remember time spent with Monique Clark, shot dead Sunday while attending a La Jolla-UTC pool party.
SAN DIEGO, CA -- Prayer services and a vigil are scheduled Wednesday to remember a woman fatally wounded by a gunman who opened fire at his University City apartment complex, shooting a total of seven people before before being killed by police.
Monique Clark, a 35-year-old mother of three, died at a hospital following the shooting at that took place Sunday around 6 p.m. as people were attending a tenant's 50th birthday party in the pool area of the La Jolla Crossroads complex at 9045 Judicial Drive.
Good Samaritan Episcopal Church, at 4321 Eastgate Mall, will host a prayer service at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Organizers say the event is open to people of all faiths, or no faith.
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First Baptist Church of San Diego, 5055 Governor Drive, is working with nearby parishes to put on a similar event that will begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Both churches are in University City.
At 6 p.m. Wednesday, a "dove vigil" in Clark's memory will take place at the shooting scene. A flier announcing the event, and a GoFundMe campaign to assist her family, says the purpose of the gathering "is to provide a place for the community to affirm its witness against violence and to remember to loss of Monique Clark's life."
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Tuesday morning, entertainer Nick Cannon -- a San Diego native -- posted on his Instagram account that Clark was a longtime friend.
"I just learned that the one life lost in the senseless and tragic mass shooting in San Diego was my childhood friend, who was more like family, Miss Monique Clark," the actor-musician wrote. "Such a beautiful spirit with an infectious smile. I have nothing but wonderful memories of this Angel. Tears can't express the pain and shock. A mother of 3, a sister, a daughter, a cousin, a friend and a Queen... Rest in Paradise."
San Diego police Chief Shelley Zimmerman said Monday that the gunman, 49- year-old auto mechanic Peter Raymond Selis, was distraught over a recent breakup and called his ex-girlfriend while indiscriminately firing a large- caliber handgun.
"There is zero information to indicate that race played a factor in this terrible and horrific crime," Zimmerman said in addressing speculation that the attack may have been racially motivated because Selis was white and his victims were black and Latino.
"The victims were targeted for no other reason but their mere presence in the vicinity of the (shooting)," she said. "It is apparent that Selis wanted his ex-girlfriend to listen in as he carried out his rampage."
By City News Service
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