Santee Mayor Leads Informal Memorial on Tenth Anniversary of Santana Shooting

About 80 people gathered in front of the Santana campus Saturday at noon to take part in a heartfelt makeshift memorial on the ten-year anniversary of the led by Mayor Randy Voepel.

The shooting injured 13 and took the lives of two students, Randy Gordon and Bryan Zuckor, who Voepel refers to as the "City's Angels."

Those in attendance were given the opportunity to speak their mind publicly, but only one chose to, many were overcome with emotion. Voepel then led a short invocation, followed by Councilmember Rob McNelis reading the names of the injured and fallen. Two pastors then led a short sermon and prayer, for lack of a better word.

At least one other memorial had taken place on Saturday, along with the private memorial on campus Friday and people had been leaving flowers at the site all day.

The informal ceremony, , was finished with a bagpipe rendition of Amazing Grace.