Gilbert officials and police have scheduled a community meetingThursday to discuss with residents last week's shooting death offour people and the gunman's apparent suicide. The meeting, at 7 p.m. in council chambers, will come five hoursafter survivors of three of the victims pay their final respects ata private funeral at Vineyard Community Church in Gilbert. Massacre in Gilbert: stories, photos Town officials stressed the meeting is primarily for residents.While reporters will be admitted, officials are limiting TV andphotographic coverage and have already said they will not answerany questions from the media. At 2 p.m., services will be held for Lisa Mederos, 47; her daughterAmber Mederos, 23; and Amber's 15-month-old daughter, Lilly. Itremains unclear what arrangements have been made for Amber'sfiance, Jim Hiott, 24, or the gunman, J.T. Ready, 39. Ready is believed to have killed himself after a domestic-violencerampage in the home he shared with Lisa Mederos on Tumbleweed Roadin Gilbert for about the past six months. Mederos, who had ownedthe home for more than 20 years, is believed to have confrontedReady prior to the shootings and told him to move. In a release, the town said Mayor John Lewis will address residentsand that police will provide an overview of the investigation aswell as "address topics and concerns relating to domesticviolence." The meeting also will be televised on Gilbert's Cox Channel 11 andstreamed live on its website, gilbertaz.gov . The lone survivor of the slayings, Brittany Mederos, 19, attendsyouth programs at Vineyard Community, Associate Pastor DannyMullins said. The church also is close to the Lago Estancianeighborhood where the shootings occurred. "We simply made it available to them, and they wanted to do that,"said Mullins, referring to family members. About 200 people attended a public service at the church Sunday,including Lewis and his wife, Mullins said. Mullins said neither he nor Senior Pastor Jack Moraine, will speakat the service, deferring to Lisa Mederos' brother, an Air Forcechaplain stationed in Alaska who will conduct the service. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as China Swing Staging , Suspended Access Platforms for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Window Cleaning Platform.
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