Friends and family gathered last night to remember Cherrie Gammon, the 25-year-old woman found fatally shot near Leakin Park over the weekend.
A mother of two young children, Gammon had gone through her share of struggles, including the loss of her father at an early age, a divorce and battles with drugs. But the lasting image of her, friends say, was her caring nature.
"She went out of her way to help anybody that she could," said friend Brandi Bianconi-Guthrie. "If you were in a tight spot, she was always there." She was also outgoing: they recalled a birthday party for one of Gammon's children, where she ended up chasing people around the house - and eventually the neighborhood - with a slice of cake.