Candlelight vigil held for Medford victims

They came to heal. To vent. To remember.

Several dozen people attended a vigil on Bald Hill on Friday night to mourn for the four people slain at a Medford drugstore.

They stood in a parking lot next to the Brookhaven Amphitheater under a light drizzle and sought comfort in one another's presence.

"We're here ... to honor the victims of the Medford massacre," said Legis. Jack Eddington (I-Medford). "Medford will never be the same -- we've been hurt deeply."

Deanna Reynolds, 15, of Bellport, a sophomore, fought the wind to light candles with her friends in their friend Jennifer Mejia's memory.

"The candle -- it makes us feel that she's with us. The light reminds us of her," Deanna said. "She was a very bright person."

Town Supervisor Mark Lesko, a former federal prosecutor, said "at the end of the day, justice will be done" for Sunday's slayings.

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"Why would someone do something so senseless? Why would someone do something so depraved?" he said.

The vigil was organized by Glenn Diener, a pastor in Central Islip.