Friends remember Park Plaza shooting victim Cynthia Gregory
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Police are still looking for whoever shot and killed a woman in the parking lot of the Park Plaza Mall Monday night.
Cynthia Gregory, also called Cyndi, was 47 years old. She is being remembered by hundreds who knew her and her family, including Ann Basco.
'Cyndi, I love you and so many people do,' Basco said.
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Basco met Cyndi seven years ago when she walked into Cyndi's yoga class for the first time. Over the years, she said she learned from Cyndi how to stay physically and mentally fit. A friendship was built through her gentle words, caring instruction and many conversations.
'She treated everybody like they were the special person,' Basco said. 'She was definitely special.'
Cyndi worked at the Baptist Health Foundation as its senior major gifts officer. Her coworker Janet Marshall shared a statement.
'She was a beautiful woman who was caring, funny, smart, hard-working, and a Christian wife and mom,' Marshall said. 'Cyndi wanted nothing but the best for her family and she will be greatly missed.'
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'It's a shock. It's devastating, but I'm not going to give that person, who chose to do this act, I'm not going to give them control of my thoughts and my feelings,' Basco said.
More than 400 people have donated to the family online.
Pulaski Heights Middle School Principal Darryl James Powell sent a message to parents about Cyndi's death saying in part, 'This family is, and will always be, part of the PHMS family.'
Cyndi's husband is the girl's basketball coach at Mills High School. According to Basco, at least one team within the Pulaski County Special School District had a moment of silence before their game Tuesday.
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In those moments of silence and disbelief, Basco said she is holding onto the words Cyndi ended every yoga class with: 'The light in me recognizes the light in you. Namaste.'
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