8/3/2023 0 Comments Candlelight vigil![]() ![]() Heidi Bradley, who lives around the corner from the home at 3233 Mountain Road, where the violence unfolded, organized Saturday’s vigil. He thinks the April 27 incident is the only time North Ogden police have had to discharge their weapons during a call. “It’s a tough one,” said North Ogden Mayor Neal Berube, one of the speakers at the event. The gathering at Mountain View Park also aimed to serve as a release valve for grief and to aid in the healing process as Roberts family survivors and the public try to move on from the violent exchange. Still, it shook many, and on Saturday, Fenn, Joyner and about 200 others gathered in a North Ogden park for a candlelight vigil as a show of support for Jodi Roberts. The violent incident is probably an anomaly in the otherwise tranquil city, Fenn said. ![]() From his home, Fenn said he saw a portion of the exchange between police and the alleged gunman, Jeffrey Roberts of Long Beach, California. “It was intense,” said David Fenn, another North Ogden resident who lives seven houses away from the Roberts home, where the violence unfolded. On April 27, however, a California man allegedly shot and killed Scott Roberts, his brother, at the man’s North Ogden home, shot and injured Roberts’ wife, Jodi, and torched their house before dying in a hail of gunfire from responding police. It happens everywhere but here,” said Myron Joyner, a North Ogden resident. “We think it doesn’t happen here for whatever reason. NORTH OGDEN - Prior to April 27, if you were to suggest that North Ogden, a quiet residential locale, would be the site of the sort of violence that periodically erupts in larger more urban cities, most here would probably scoff. Around 200 people gathered for the vigil, organized in response to the violent incident in the city that left two dead on April 27, 2023.Īround 200 people gathered Saturday, May 6, 2023, for a vigil at a North Ogden park in the wake of the violent incident in the city that left two dead on April 27, 2023. Participants at a vigil on Saturday, May 6, 2023, at a North Ogden park write messages of support to first responders. Around 200 people gathered for the vigil, organized in response to the violent incident in the city that left two dead on April 27, 2023. Participants at a vigil on Saturday, May 6, 2023, at a North Ogden park wrote messages of support to first responders. Among the attendees were Dick Stiefken, left, and Dave Duncan, pastor at Valley View Baptist Church in North Ogden and one of the speakers at the event. Around 200 people attended the vigil.Īround 200 people gathered Saturday, May 6, 2023, for a candlelight vigil at a North Ogden park in the wake of the violent incident in the city that left two dead on April 27, 2023. If possible, please join us wearing an orange shirt.A woman helps light candles distributed Saturday, May 6, 2023, as part of a vigil at a North Ogden park in the wake of the violent incident in the city that left two dead on April 27, 2023. In consideration of ongoing public health protocols to reduce the spread of COVID-19, participants will be asked to register in advance and maintain physical distancing and masking throughout the gathering. ![]() This gathering will be held at the NUSU Student Centre on September 29th at 6:00 p.m. It is a day to reflect and engage in meaningful discussion and learning about the impacts of residential schools on Indigenous peoples and communities and to support the process of reconciliation. Joseph Mission Residential School Commemoration Project of 2013. It is a time to acknowledge the children who survived the Indian residential school system and those who did not. The Office of Indigenous Initiatives in collaboration with the Dibaadan Program and the Nipissing University Student Union would like to invite the Nipissing University community to join us for a candlelight vigil in honour of Orange Shirt Day. Please visit for other ways to participate. This event is at capacity so registration has been closed. ![]()
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