Tyrone N. Butts
APE Reporter
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Mourners struggle to find sense behind shooting
Leo Peloquin had a terrible premonition Thursday that he wasn't going to see his wife of 15 years again.
Gloria Peloquin's husband, Leo, and daugther, Jessica Saxon, 21, comfort each other Friday during a memorial service for Peloquin, who was shot and killed in front of the Save-A-Lot on Waters Avenue Thursday. Scott Bryant
Just 24 hours later, Peloquin and about 60 others mourned Gloria Peloquin's slaying.
During a prayer vigil in the shopping center parking lot where she was shot during an attempted robbery
they called on Savannah residents to help find her killer.
"I had a bad feeling just before 1 p.m. that I wouldn't be able to kiss or hug her again, that something bad was going to happen t
o m
," Leo Peloquin said Friday. "I shook it off and two hours lat
er I got a call telling me to turn around and come back to Savannah."
Peloquin, who was driving to Valdosta on business Thursday, knew that something horrible happened.
Linda Mills touches the face of her sister, Gloria Peloquin, in a family portrait during Friday's memorial ceremony. Scott Bryant
Savannah-Chatham police say Gloria Peloquin, 43, was shot about 1 p.m. ' the same time Leo says he had the feeling of foreboding ' outside the Save-A-Lot grocery store near the intersection of Waters Avenue and Montgomery Crossroad on the city's southside.
Detectives say she was confronted by at least one man who tried to rob her as she climbed into her car.
Peloquin resisted and drove
away from her assailant. The would-be robber shot her once in the chest, killing her ' and wounding Leo for life, he says.
While Leo Peloquin makes a plea to the media for help in fin
ding
his
wife'
s killer, his daughter, Michelle Clemens, right, gives a reassuring touch. Scott
Bryant
"We had the most trusting relationship. She was the most beautiful person I ever knew," Peloquin said. "She will be with me forever in my heart and soul. She was the glue that held our whole family together, and we'll remain together through her loss.
"She was a big, strong-hearted woman. You ask anyone and that's what they'll tell you."
Peloquin leaves behind her husband and three daughters, Michelle, 26, Jessica, 20, and Amy, 19.
Leo Peloquin, however, says his wife's survivors reach well beyond their immediate family.
He says his wife opened their home over the years to family and community members in need. Gloria Peloquin took a par
ticular shine to children, making the Thursday afternoon shooting a cruel irony.
While friends and family pay their respects at a ceremony in front of the Save-a-Lot on Wa
ters Ave
nue Frid
ay, paint marks th
e spot where police gathered evidence from the scene of Gloria Peloquin's murder on Thursday. Scott Bryant
Witnesses to
ld police the gunman was likely a teenager.
"She had a big spot in her heart for children," Leo Peloquin said. "It's a shame this suspect is only a child. ...
Police Seek Witness in Save-A-Lot Murder
According to police, the victim in yesterday's homicide was Gloria Smith Peloquin, age 43, of Savannah.
She was fatally shot in broad daylight in the shopping plaza at the intersection of Montgomery Cross Road a
nd Waters Avenue. As police sought a suspect, traffic stopped at this very busy intersection on Savannah's south side.
Investigators are seeking the man picture
d here for q
uestioning i
n connection with the homi
cide. Police say this person is a potential witness only.
Police are still looking for the suspect or suspects. If you have any information, you are urged to call CrimeStoppers at 234-2020.
**************
None of
the articles I've read on this murder mention the race of the perp, but I can smell it from here.
T.N.B.
Mourners struggle to find sense behind shooting
Leo Peloquin had a terrible premonition Thursday that he wasn't going to see his wife of 15 years again.
Gloria Peloquin's husband, Leo, and daugther, Jessica Saxon, 21, comfort each other Friday during a memorial service for Peloquin, who was shot and killed in front of the Save-A-Lot on Waters Avenue Thursday. Scott Bryant
Just 24 hours later, Peloquin and about 60 others mourned Gloria Peloquin's slaying.
During a prayer vigil in the shopping center parking lot where she was shot during an attempted robbery
they called on Savannah residents to help find her killer.
"I had a bad feeling just before 1 p.m. that I wouldn't be able to kiss or hug her again, that something bad was going to happen t
o m
," Leo Peloquin said Friday. "I shook it off and two hours lat
er I got a call telling me to turn around and come back to Savannah."
Peloquin, who was driving to Valdosta on business Thursday, knew that something horrible happened.
Linda Mills touches the face of her sister, Gloria Peloquin, in a family portrait during Friday's memorial ceremony. Scott Bryant
Savannah-Chatham police say Gloria Peloquin, 43, was shot about 1 p.m. ' the same time Leo says he had the feeling of foreboding ' outside the Save-A-Lot grocery store near the intersection of Waters Avenue and Montgomery Crossroad on the city's southside.
Detectives say she was confronted by at least one man who tried to rob her as she climbed into her car.
Peloquin resisted and drove
away from her assailant. The would-be robber shot her once in the chest, killing her ' and wounding Leo for life, he says.
While Leo Peloquin makes a plea to the media for help in fin
ding
his
wife'
s killer, his daughter, Michelle Clemens, right, gives a reassuring touch. Scott
Bryant
"We had the most trusting relationship. She was the most beautiful person I ever knew," Peloquin said. "She will be with me forever in my heart and soul. She was the glue that held our whole family together, and we'll remain together through her loss.
"She was a big, strong-hearted woman. You ask anyone and that's what they'll tell you."
Peloquin leaves behind her husband and three daughters, Michelle, 26, Jessica, 20, and Amy, 19.
Leo Peloquin, however, says his wife's survivors reach well beyond their immediate family.
He says his wife opened their home over the years to family and community members in need. Gloria Peloquin took a par
ticular shine to children, making the Thursday afternoon shooting a cruel irony.
While friends and family pay their respects at a ceremony in front of the Save-a-Lot on Wa
ters Ave
nue Frid
ay, paint marks th
e spot where police gathered evidence from the scene of Gloria Peloquin's murder on Thursday. Scott Bryant
Witnesses to
ld police the gunman was likely a teenager.
"She had a big spot in her heart for children," Leo Peloquin said. "It's a shame this suspect is only a child. ...
Police Seek Witness in Save-A-Lot Murder
According to police, the victim in yesterday's homicide was Gloria Smith Peloquin, age 43, of Savannah.
She was fatally shot in broad daylight in the shopping plaza at the intersection of Montgomery Cross Road a
nd Waters Avenue. As police sought a suspect, traffic stopped at this very busy intersection on Savannah's south side.
Investigators are seeking the man picture
d here for q
uestioning i
n connection with the homi
cide. Police say this person is a potential witness only.
Police are still looking for the suspect or suspects. If you have any information, you are urged to call CrimeStoppers at 234-2020.
**************
None of
the articles I've read on this murder mention the race of the perp, but I can smell it from here.
T.N.B.