SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — Her father was killed during a shooting at his California fire department, but Joslyn Carlon had her dad close to her heart when she walked across the graduation stage Thursday.
Tory Carlon, a firefighter at the Agua Dulce fire department for 20 years, was shot and killed by fellow firefighter Jonathan Tatone. The pair had an ongoing work dispute, KABC reported.
Tatone set his home on fire and killed himself after the killing, officials said.
Two days after she lost her father, Joslyn bravely put on his firefighting jacket over her graduation gown and accepted her diploma, KABC reported.
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She was escorted during the Saugus High School graduation by a sheriff’s deputy and family friend, according to KABC.
She and her family were also supported by lines of several hundred firefighters, dressed in black uniforms at the entrance to the ceremony, the Santa Clarita Valley Signal reported.
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