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Scores turn out for a vigil in Louisville to honor 5 people killed in mass shooting

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Scores of people turned out in Louisville on Wednesday evening to honor the five people killed during a shooting at a bank on Monday.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

Hundreds attended a vigil in Louisville on Wednesday for the five people who were killed in Monday's mass shooting at a bank. Ryan Van Velzer of Louisville Public Media reports it was an emotional service to remember those who died.

RYAN VAN VELZER, BYLINE²: Hundreds filed into an outdoor amphitheater at the Muhammad Ali Center for an evening vigil. Five people I spoke³ to had their own stories of how gun violence in this city had personally affected⁴ them. Lavel White laid his sister to rest on the day of the bank shooting.

LAVEL WHITE: She got killed last Sunday at the gas station at Platinum⁵ Foods, and then I saw this on the news as I was getting ready to iron my clothes.

VAN VELZER: Organizers described the vigil as a show of resilience and to pay respects to those employees killed inside the bank - Joshua Barrick, Deana Eckert, Tommy Elliott, Juliana Farmer and Jim Tutt Jr. Louisville Mayor Craig Greenburg and Governor Andy Beshear were there to offer condolences, praise the Louisville Metro⁶ Police Department and remember their mutual⁷ friend, Tommy Elliott. Here's Beshear.

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ANDY BESHEAR: I lost one of my best friends on Monday, but I've got two friends and more that survived because LMPD got there in about three minutes.

VAN VELZER: Louisville's a city of more than 600,000 people, but Democratic Congressman⁸ Morgan McGarvey explained how it's still small enough for people to be separated by just a couple degrees of connection.

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MORGAN MCGARVEY: Well, when I was in the operating room today with the brave doctors and nurses, they talked about knowing the people they were trying to save.

VAN VELZER: And there was anger, particularly from the medical community who have spent the last few days railing about the gun violence here. Here's Dr. Muhammad Babar.

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MUHAMMAD BABAR: Whether you own a gun or not, please do something because we all just want this epidemic⁹ of death to end, which is wearing down our nation.

VAN VELZER: In Louisville, 40 people have died from gunshot wounds so far this year. Last Monday, bank employee Emily Goodlett was almost one of them.

EMILY GOODLETT: I told my husband I loved him when the shooting was happening. (Crying) And I thought it was the end when they kept getting closer. And just to be able to make it out alive - I don't - there's not words. There's not a story. There's not any way I can present it to be better for anybody.

VAN VELZER: Goodlett says she feels loss, confusion, remorse¹⁰, sympathy and gratitude¹¹ that she's still alive and that the city supports her.

For NPR News, I'm Ryan Van Velzer in Louisville.

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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 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。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

5 platinum   

n.白金

参考例句：

• I'll give her a platinum ring.我打算送给她一枚白金戒指。
• Platinum exceeds gold in value.白金的价值高于黄金。

6 metro   

n.地铁；adj.大都市的；(METRO)麦德隆(财富500强公司之一总部所在地德国，主要经营零售)

参考例句：

• Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗？
• The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。

7 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。

8 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

9 epidemic   

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：

• That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
• The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。

10 remorse   

n.痛恨，悔恨，自责

参考例句：

• She had no remorse about what she had said.她对所说的话不后悔。
• He has shown no remorse for his actions.他对自己的行为没有任何悔恨之意。

11 gratitude   

adj.感激，感谢

参考例句：

• I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
• She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。