These are violent deaths that leave behind often unhealable wounds for those who loved them - people who describe a searing pain that never fully recedes.Īnd they are the deaths behind the soaring gun violence in the United States, a country where the number of mass shootings has skyrocketed from 272 incidents in 2014 to 692 in 2021, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which began collecting information about mass shootings in 2013. The Washington D.C.-based nonprofit nonprofit defines a mass shooting as four or more people being shot or killed in a single incident, not including the shooter. The deaths of Gillard and her three children are one of 12 mass shootings in Michigan and one of at least 331 mass shootings nationwide that have occurred this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
Now, “she and her three youngest children will forever be tied together in life and death.” Gillard, an only child who left behind three older children and her own parents, was, the obituary said, “an active mom” who loved taking her children “out in nature for their long walks.” “Her children quickly became the focus of her drive and making their world a place of joy.” “Becoming a mom was a pinnacle of Dawn’s life,” her obituary read. Gillard’s husband, 51-year-old Charles Gillard, has been charged in their murders. On May 27, Gillard was shot and killed at age 40 alongside her three young children: Katelynn, 6 Ronald, 4 and Joshua, 3, at a home in Austin Township, a rural area south of Big Rapids in Mecosta County. The rest of the world would read about it in her obituary. LANSING, Michigan – Dawn Gillard’s life revolved around her children.Įveryone who loved her knew that.
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