People who lost loved ones to violence in the city came together to pray and support one another at a prayer vigil at Beulah Heights First Pentecostal Church Thursday night./ Rich Scinto — New Haven Register

By Rich Scinto
Register Staff
NEW HAVEN >> Dozens of people affected by violence came together for a prayer vigil at Beulah Heights First Pentecostal Church Thursday night.
Bishop Theodore L. Brooks Sr., who himself lost a nephew to violence in the Newhallville neighborhood years ago, led many of the prayers.
The focus of the event in the Dixwell neighborhood Thursday was for those who had lost loved ones to come together in prayer for healing and comfort. Images of several homicide victims were flashed from a projector at the beginning of the vigil.

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