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Community holds vigils for TV journalist, 9-year-old killed in shooting

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Vigils were held in Central Florida today to honor two of the victims killed in Wednesday’s mass shooting in Pine Hills.

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Spectrum News 13 reporter Dylan Lyons, 24, and Pine Hills Elementary School student T’yonna Major, 9, both died Wednesday after shootings in Pine Hills.

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ICP Orlando Church hosted a candlelight vigil to honor both Lyons and T’yonna. Dozens of community members were in attendance.

The Nicholson School of Communication and Media at the University of Central Florida also hosted a vigil to honor Lyons, who was an alumnus of the school. Students and faculty members came together to grieve and recall his legacy at the school.

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Pine Hils Elementary School, where Majors was a student, also honored her with a ceremony during school earlier in the day.

See photos of the vigils in the gallery below:

PHOTOS: Vigils held for 9-year-old, TV journalist killed in Pine Hills

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