Community Mourns Loss of Perry Hall Family

Three people killed in a Perry Hall murder-suicide were remembered during a weekend prayer service in Parkville.

Cub Scouts, teammates and loved ones of the Roary family converged at St. Isaac Jogues Roman Catholic Church Sunday night, where they shared memories during a vigil and threw notes to the deceased into a fire afterward, according to WJZ.

T.J., the stepbrother of 10-year-old Ian Roary and 12-year-old Julian Roary Jr., described the two boys as “never...without a smile on their face,” according to WBAL.

Both attended Pine Grove Elementary School and played sports, which their father coached, The Baltimore Sun reported.

Police said Julian Roary Sr., 47, shot his two sons and then himself after midnight Friday in their Yvonne Road home.

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Shantal Brown-Winn, Julian Roary Sr.’s girlfriend, found the three bodies upstairs in their home along with a suicide note, according to WJZ. Police said that financial difficulties was believed to be a factor in the shootings.

“Even though if it was hard times, [Roary] planned out that he was going to pay that rent, he was going to pay the light and gas...’til it got to be too much,” Brown-Winn said at the vigil.

Julian Roary Sr. worked for nearly a year through a temp agency as director of human resources at the Baltimore City Parking Authority, according to The Baltimore Sun. His assignment there reportedly ended a week before the triple shooting.

“I’m sure, as he said in his letter, that he’ll always be with us,” Brown-Winn said at the vigil.

The family will be buried Friday after a service at the Vaughn Greene Funeral Home on Liberty Road, WJZ reported.

Screenshot of July 19 prayer vigil from WJZ/YouTube.