{"id":1905871,"date":"2023-03-28T08:40:23","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T12:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-dont-want-to-be-an-only-child-older-sister-of-nashville-victim-cries-at-vigil\/"},"modified":"2023-03-28T08:43:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T12:43:24","slug":"i-dont-want-to-be-an-only-child-older-sister-of-nashville-victim-cries-at-vigil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-dont-want-to-be-an-only-child-older-sister-of-nashville-victim-cries-at-vigil\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Don\u2019t Want To Be An Only Child\u2019: Older Sister Of Nashville Victim Cries At Vigil"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-dont-want-to-be-an-only-child-older-sister-of-nashville-victim-cries-at-vigil%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1905871&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The older sister of one of the 9-year-old victims in the Nashville school massacre had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11909715\/Sister-girl-9-killed-Nashville-school-massacre-sobs-vigil-murdered-sibling.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heartbreaking response<\/a> to the shooting at a vigil for the victims Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>The older sister of Evelyn Dieckhaus, a third grader who was shot at The Covenant School, made the comments during a vigil for the victims at Woodmont Christian Church. Dieckhaus, along with two other children and three adults, was murdered at The Covenant School, which is affiliated with the conservative evangelical Presbyterian Church in America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to be an only child,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>One local woman, Sarah Drury, who said she taught both Dieckhaus sisters in Sunday school at Woodmont Christian Church, wrote an online tribute for Evelyn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the 9-year-old victims of the Nashville school shooting goes to my church,\u201d Sarah Drury, a Sunday School teacher at Woodmont Christ Church, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sarah.drury.585\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> in an online tribute. \u201cHer name is Evelyn Dieckhaus. She was adorable. I taught her equally angelic big sister in Sunday school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer mom Katy volunteered in our children\u2019s ministry \u2026 \u00a0such a sweet Christian family,\u201d she continued. \u201cWe had a prayer vigil tonight at our church. We are, the whole city, saturated in grief. Now. It\u2019s time to marry prayer and grief with action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Covenant School said it was \u201cshattered\u201d by the shooting, which police say was committed by a woman who identifies as a man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur community is heartbroken. We are grieving tremendous loss and are in shock coming out of the terror that shattered our school and church. We are focused on loving our students, our families, our faculty and staff and beginning the process of healing,\u201d the school said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Other churches across the city also hosted vigils to pray for the families of those impacted by the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been a hard day,\u201d Woodmont Baptist Church senior pastor Nathan Parker stated. \u201cWe are sad. Sad for the families who came rushing to our church. Sad for those whose lives will never be the same because of the trauma inflicted on them. Sad because we live in a world broken by sin, suffering, and death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At a vigil at Belmont United Methodist Church senior pastor Paul Perdue said, \u201cWe need to step back. We need to breathe. We need to grieve. We need to remember. We need to make space for others who are grieving. We need to hear the cries of our neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The victims in the shooting were identified as Evelyn Dieckhaus (9), Hallie Scruggs (9), William Kinney (9), Dr. Katherine Koonce (60), \u00a0Cynthia Peak (61), and Mike Hill, 61, a school custodian.<\/p>\n<p>The massacre came the same week that transgender activists had scheduled a \u201cDay of Vengeance.\u201d The group\u2013run in part by a former Democratic staffer\u2013also raised money for firearms training and specifically called for action in Nashville.<\/p>\n<p>Police, who said that they found a \u201cmanifesto\u201d written by the suspected shooter, have still not described a motive for the shooting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trans-activists-called-for-day-of-vengeance-before-nashville-shooting\">Trans Activists Called For \u2018Day Of Vengeance\u2019 Before Nashville\u00a0Shooting<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The older sister of one of the 9-year-old victims in the Nashville school massacre had a heartbreaking response to the shooting at a vigil for the victims Monday night. 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