Gunman darkening room at Pa. health club ‘fitting’
GREEN TREE, Pa. —Before three women were shot dead at a Pittsburgh-area health club, the gunman first paused and shut off the lights.
A priest who conducted Betsy Gannon’s funeral Saturday at St. Margaret of Scotland Parish Church said that was only fitting because “evil can’t function any other way than in the dark.”
The church is a few miles from the L.A. Fitness club where 49-year-old Gannon and two other women were shot to death in an aerobics class Tuesday night.
Earlier Saturday, more than 200 mourners gathered in a Methodist church to pay their respects to 46-year-old Heidi Overmier of Carnegie.
The funeral of 37-year-old Jody Billingsley of Mount Lebanon is scheduled for Wednesday.
The three were killed and nine others wounded by 48-year-old George Sodini, who then shot himself.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.
BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. (AP) — One of three women gunned down at a Pittsburgh-area health club is being remembered by her pastor “as a devout Christian woman who left loving imprints on our hearts.”
The funeral for 46-year-old Heidi Overmier, of Carnegie, was held Saturday at the First United Methodist Church of Bridgeville. The church is about a mile from the L.A. Fitness club where Overmier and two other women were shot to death in an aerobics class Tuesday night.
A funeral for 49-year-old Elizabeth “Betsy” Gannon, of Pittsburgh, is scheduled for later Saturday at a church a few miles away.
The funeral of the third victim, 37-year-old Jody Billingsley, of Mount Lebanon, is scheduled for Wednesday.
The three were killed and nine others wounded by 48-year-old George Sodini, who then shot himself.
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