The Victims
Laquita C. Brown
Ryan Keith Cox
Tara Welch Gallagher
Mary Louise Gayle
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Christopher Kelly Rapp
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Officials could offer no clear motive or explanation for what Police Chief James A. Cervera called a “horrific event of unbelievable proportion.” Authorities identified DeWayne Craddock as the shooter who killed 12 people, and said the guns he used had been legally purchased.
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