Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFriends and family gathered Thursday night at the Boynton Beach Inlet to honor Lanessa Rodriguez-Vega, a 35-year-old woman who was shot and killed at her workplace in Fort Pierce last week.\u201cShe was very electric and happy, and everywhere she went, everybody was drawn to her,\u201d said Nayomy Nomelin, Lanessa\u2019s best friend. \u201cShe was like a beautiful butterfly. Everybody just wanted to talk to her, just be around her energy,\u201d Nomelin said. Dozens of people attended the vigil to celebrate that beauty and energy. \u201cLong live Lanessa. We love you, girl,\u201d said Angela Gutierrez, a friend. Lanessa was working at the We Buy Gold and Silver shop in Fort Pierce when a man walked in and shot her. Police said the suspect has not explained his motive. Nomelin organized the vigil to honor her friend. \u201cBecause I love her. I want us to gather together just to pray for her and her spirit,\u201d Nomelin said. Attendees brought flowers, lit candles, and displayed pictures of Lanessa. \u201cI want us to light these candles, and when we light these candles, I want you guys to think of a beautiful memory that you had with her,\u201d Nomelin said. \u201cShe\u2019s my sister. She\u2019s watching over us, all of us, each and every one of us,\u201d said Megan Mathew, another friend. \u201cShe left us too soon.”\u201cUnfortunately, God sometimes takes good ones first. It was tragic what happened. She did not deserve this,\u201d said Gutierrez. The group ended the vigil by walking to the beach together to watch the sunset, say a prayer, and say goodbye to Lanessa. \u201cShe\u2019s gone to a more beautiful place, and all we can do now is speak to her when we pray,\u201d Nomelin said. \u201cGone but never forgotten. We\u2019ll see you again, baby girl,\u201d Gutierrez said. An organization in Lake Worth called Compass is offering grief counseling to anyone affected by Lanessa\u2019s murder.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tBOYNTON BEACH, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Friends and family gathered Thursday night at the Boynton Beach Inlet to honor Lanessa Rodriguez-Vega, a 35-year-old woman who was shot and killed at her workplace in Fort Pierce last week.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was very electric and happy, and everywhere she went, everybody was drawn to her,\u201d said Nayomy Nomelin, Lanessa\u2019s best friend. <\/p>\n
\u201cShe was like a beautiful butterfly. Everybody just wanted to talk to her, just be around her energy,\u201d Nomelin said. <\/p>\n
Dozens of people attended the vigil to celebrate that beauty and energy. <\/p>\n
\u201cLong live Lanessa. We love you, girl,\u201d said Angela Gutierrez, a friend. <\/p>\n
Lanessa was working at the We Buy Gold and Silver shop in Fort Pierce when a man walked in and shot her. Police said the suspect has not explained his motive. <\/p>\n
Nomelin organized the vigil to honor her friend. <\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I love her. I want us to gather together just to pray for her and her spirit,\u201d Nomelin said. <\/p>\n
Attendees brought flowers, lit candles, and displayed pictures of Lanessa. <\/p>\n
\u201cI want us to light these candles, and when we light these candles, I want you guys to think of a beautiful memory that you had with her,\u201d Nomelin said. <\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s my sister. She\u2019s watching over us, all of us, each and every one of us,\u201d said Megan Mathew, another friend. \u201cShe left us too soon.”<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, God sometimes takes good ones first. It was tragic what happened. She did not deserve this,\u201d said Gutierrez. <\/p>\n
The group ended the vigil by walking to the beach together to watch the sunset, say a prayer, and say goodbye to Lanessa. <\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s gone to a more beautiful place, and all we can do now is speak to her when we pray,\u201d Nomelin said. <\/p>\n
\u201cGone but never forgotten. We\u2019ll see you again, baby girl,\u201d Gutierrez said. <\/p>\n
An organization in Lake Worth called Compass<\/a> is offering grief counseling to anyone affected by Lanessa\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WPBF 25 NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW. NOW AT 11:00, A SECOND PERSON ARRESTED IN THE DEADLY SHOOTING AT…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[114281,163,15972,917,5593,114282,109677,13958,7737,31393,114279,114280,171,173,172,113154,4325,57538],"class_list":["post-265392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-angela-gutierrez","tag-attendee","tag-candle","tag-dozen","tag-energy","tag-fort-pierce-last-week","tag-fort-pierce-pawn-shop","tag-friend","tag-girl","tag-gold","tag-lanessa-rodriguez-vega","tag-nayomy-nomelin","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-silver-shop","tag-vigil","tag-we"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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