One day after a hostage situation stunned the community, Silver Lake gathered to mourn Melyda “Mely” Maricela Corado, the manager of the Silver Lake Trader Joe’s. Corado died in the standoff between police and 28-year-old Gene Atkins on Saturday.
Customers, co-workers and strangers left flowers and handwritten notes on the sidewalk outside the store where Atkins barricaded himself after shooting his grandmother and leading police on a wild chase. In the exchange of gunfire between police and Atkins at the
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