‘She was my best friend’: Several gather at vigil honoring mother killed in Ponte Vedra shooting

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — A week after a deadly shooting outside a Walgreens near TPC Sawgrass, friends and family gathered Friday evening on the sand at Mickler’s Landing to remember Melissa Wood, a mother of two who had recently become a grandmother.

Several people came together on the beach, a place Wood loved, sharing stories, leaving flowers and writing messages to her in a journal as the sun set and waves rolled in.

Her daughter, Sienna Valdez, fought back tears as she talked about the woman she called her best friend…

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