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As a community, once again we are left with the unthinkable, the unknowable grief of losing another precious life to an act of gun violence.
My heart goes out to Claire's family and all that knew and loved her and whose hearts are shattered tonight.
Statement from the Davis Family:
It is with unspeakable sadness that we write and say that Claire has passed away from the gunshot wound she received at Arapahoe High School on December 13, 2013. Although we have lost our precious daughter, we will always be grateful for the indelible journey she took us on over the last 17 years—we were truly blessed to be Claire’s parents. The grace, laughter and light she brought to this world will not be extinguished by her death; to the contrary, it will only get stronger.
Last week was truly a paradox in that we lost our daughter, yet we witnessed the wonderful love that exists in the world through the tremendous outpouring of support we received. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank the first responders, the school resource officer, security guard and vice principal at Arapahoe High School, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s office, and the physicians, nurses and staff at Littleton Adventist Hospital. Each played a significant role in giving Claire a chance to live, and demonstrated extreme amounts of professionalism, courage and love. Please know that we will never forget the extraordinary work you did on Claire’s behalf.
We ask that you give us time to grieve the death of our daughter by respecting our wishes for privacy.
With much loving-kindness,
The Davis Family
I never knew Claire and I know that our world is far worse now without her.
As the days turn into weeks and months and into years, we must never forget Claire.
I have to keep moving forward with doing what I can to honor Claire.
I can't tolerate another school shooting.
School violence ends with me.
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