Community unites for Sun-drop victims
The pain is far from healing for the family. And with no arrest yet, the fear hasn’t settled in the community
CONCORD, N.C. -- A week after two people were killed at the Sun-drop Bottling Company in Concord, family, co-workers and the community gathered for a prayer vigil.
The group gathered in front of the place 59-year-old Donna Barnhardt and 44-year-old Darrell Noles were shot and killed in what officials are calling an attempted robbery.
“At this point, my grief is not for how my brother died; my grief is that he’s gone and I miss him,” read the words wrote by Noles’ sister. She couldn’t read them herself. It was a glimpse into the pain Noles’ and Barnhardt’s families are currently feeling.
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Hand in hand, family, co-workers and fellow church members showed up for the prayer vigil on the front lawn of the bottling company “to pray for the family, and pray for the community and everyone involved,” explained church member Betty Pope.
The pain is far from healing for the family. And with no arrest yet, the fear hasn’t settled in the community. About 100 people were on hand for the vigil, still shocked by the crime and concerned about the person who is still at large.