KUAR | By Maggie Ryan
Nine days after a shooting killed four people and injured at least 11 others in Fordyce, Gov. Sarah Sanders met with emergency responders, community members, and laid flowers at a memorial honoring the victims.
Sanders began her visit on Sunday with a trip to Beech Grove Missionary Baptist Church, where she told reporters she spoke with family members of the victims. Speaking afterwards at a press conference outside the Dallas County Sheriff's Office, Sanders said she was reminded in that moment that “we have a God that makes us whole and brings us back together.”
Sanders said Fordyce is an example of a community coming together to heal.
Governor, legislators visit Fordyce one week after deadly shooting
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A memorial to the four people killed in a shooting at the Mad Butcher Grocery store in Fordyce, Ark.