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Alicia Houston, who lives near the roommates, told the newspaper she has known England since he was a child and "from the time his father died, that boy has been somebody else." She said England needed therapy "from the beginning" but didn't receive it. He was taking medication for depression, she said. The January suicide of England's fiancée, only months after she gave birth to their son, made matters worse. Sheran Hart Wilde died from a self-inflicted gunshot to the head on Jan. 10, according to the state medical examiner's office. All of those killed in the spree were apparently random targets who were shot while walking around. Among those killed in the shooting was Dannaer Fields, 49. Fields' niece said her aunt never felt unsafe in her neighborhood. "I can tell you she was a loving and giving person, and she had no fear of walking the streets," Deatrah Fields said. "She knew pretty much everyone. She was two blocks from her house when she was shot."
Fields had worked as a caretaker but was on disability, her niece said. Another niece said previously that she didn't have a car and was probably headed home. Ralph Eady owns a men's clothing store across the street from where one body was discovered. When he pulled up for work Friday morning, more than a dozen police cars and a crowd of onlookers were outside his business. Eady, who has a concealed weapons permit, said he quickly armed himself with a 9 mm handgun and a snub-nosed .38. "Before the suspect was caught, everybody was on pins and needles," he said. "Everybody started getting locked and loaded, strapping on their guns and doing what they needed to do to defend themselves."
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