Crime & Safety

Shoppers Pray for Columbia Mall Shooting Victims: VIDEO

Some people prayed for the shooting victims' families, some thought of their own children, and some just wanted to show support for the community.

Exactly one week afterย shots rang out in theย Columbia mall, shoppers and friends of the two skate shop employees who died stopped what they were doing for a moment of silent reflection.

"We will come together in prayer over the victims, families, and the mall in general,"ย organizers of the Saturdayย prayer gatheringย wrote on Facebook.

Howard Countyย policeย said Friday there was still no motiveย in the double homicide on Jan. 25,ย afterย which the shooter,ย Darion Aguilar, 19,ย took his own life.

Aย memorial has been placedย outside the Zumiez storeย where police saidย employeesย Brianna Benlolo, 21, and Tyler Johnson, 25ย were killed at approximately 11:15 a.m. on Jan. 25.

WBAL TVย said people distributed white lapels by the fountain, and the moment of silence was observed throughout the mall, recognition of the time the shootings began.

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