# @detroitfreepress on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DPjBppFjL8x
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/79311287-detroitfreepress-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-10-08T11:53:30.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Detroit Free Press (@detroitfreepress) — https://gondola.cc/detroitfreepress

## Caption

The clouds began to clear and the sun glowed over the families and community members filing into the stands at Grand Blanc High School's football stadium on Tuesday night, Oct. 7, as they united for a community reflection more than a week after a mass shooting and fire upended the calm rhythm of an area where many said such violence is not the norm.

The event, put on by Grand Blanc Township, the city of Grand Blanc and Grand Blanc Community Schools, promised to exclude politics, while offering a nondenominational space for the community to "respectfully gather in support of one another." That support was extended to victims, their families, first responders and all impacted by the Sept. 28 shooting and fire, where four people died. A crowd of what appeared to be more 100 people — including Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist — attended.

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📷 by Ryan Garza ryangarza, Detroit Free Press

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