PITTSBURGH \u2014 A community came together to support four children who lost their mother in a murder-suicide, and that family said all of that support was an important and welcome surprise.<\/p>\n
A sea of balloons was released into the air on Monday in Shaelynn Moore\u2019s memory. <\/p>\n
\u201cHer favorite color was pink and purple. She always took pictures of us,\u201d Lasha Moore, one of her daughters, said.<\/p>\n
Dozens of people showed up for Moore\u2019s family at a vigil in Pittsburgh\u2019s Sheraden neighborhood on Monday.<\/p>\n
She was killed last week in an apparent murder-suicide at an apartment in Northview Heights.<\/a><\/p>\n Police found Moore and Mark Jones dead. They say three of Moore\u2019s four kids were in the apartment at the time.<\/p>\n Moore\u2019s mother, Tammy Martin, said Jones shot her daughter before turning the gun on himself.<\/p>\n \u201cShe wasn\u2019t dating this man. He was obsessed with her,\u201d Martin said.<\/p>\n Moore\u2019s family said Jones had pulled a gun on her several times in the past and that she had contacted his family for help.<\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s my only baby girl. I\u2019m going to miss her,\u201d Martin said.<\/p>\n Moore\u2019s daughter was surprised and happy to see so much support for her family and had this message about what it meant to her.<\/p>\n \u201cSo everybody that lost somebody\u2026ya\u2019ll know you got support from people-loving people,\u201d Lasha Moore said.<\/p>\n A GoFundMe has been set up for the family.<\/p>\n Click here to donate.<\/a><\/p>\n Download the FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n Follow Channel 11 News on Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>. | Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n \u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n