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Virginia city honors the 6 victims of last week's Walmart shooting

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People gathered in Chesapeake, Va., for a candlelight vigil Monday to honor the victims of the Walmart mass shooting. The shooter, a supervisor² at Walmart, turned the gun on himself.

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Late last Tuesday, six people went to work at Walmart in Chesapeake, Va., and never came home. As NPR's Sarah McCammon reports, last night, residents of the city gathered to remember them.

SARAH MCCAMMON, BYLINE³: At the vigil hosted by the city of Chesapeake in a local city park, six crosses lined the stage in honor of the victims. They died after an overnight supervisor at Walmart opened fire, then turned the gun on himself.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: (Singing) Tis grace that brought me safe thus far.

MCCAMMON: Flanked by more than a dozen police officers providing security on either side of the stage, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin quoted passages from the Bible and offered prayers for the victims.

GLENN YOUNGKIN: And we pray that Lorenzo, Fernando, Randall, Kellie, Brian and Tyneka will be blessed in paradise.

MCCAMMON: Youngkin made no mention of gun violence, though he alluded⁴ to another mass shooting in Virginia earlier this month. Also on stage was Bobby Dyer, mayor of nearby Virginia Beach, which experienced its own mass shooting in 2019. Chesapeake City Councilman Don Casey (ph) read the victims' names. The youngest was 16-year-old Fernando Chavez-Barron, who, Casey said, was working to lessen⁵ the burden on his family. The oldest was Randy Blevins, age 70.

DON CAREY: He was a wonderful family man. His favorite holiday was Thanksgiving because he would have the day off from work and could spend time with his family.

MCCAMMON: But not this year. Blevins, Chavez-Barron and their coworkers were taken from their families just two days before Thanksgiving, leaving empty seats at many tables this year and for years to come.

Sarah McCammon, NPR News, Chesapeake.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 supervisor   

n.监督人，管理人，检查员，督学，主管，导师

参考例句：

• Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说，我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
• He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。

3 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

4 alluded   

提及，暗指( allude的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• In your remarks you alluded to a certain sinister design. 在你的谈话中，你提到了某个阴谋。
• She also alluded to her rival's past marital troubles. 她还影射了对手过去的婚姻问题。

5 lessen   

vt.减少，减轻；缩小

参考例句：

• Regular exercise can help to lessen the pain.经常运动有助于减轻痛感。
• They've made great effort to lessen the noise of planes.他们尽力减小飞机的噪音。