Scenes from Commerce murder site
An elderly Commerce man was gunned down early Sunday morning outside the Hardees in downtown Commerce. Calvin Varnum, 72, was shot multiple times around 7:30 a.m. while standing on the sidewalk outside the restaurant. The GBI was called to the scene to investigate the shooting and agents are shown here photographing bullet holes in the side of the restaurant. At least two bullets went through a glass window into the seating area of the restaurant. A gun was left lying on the ground at the scene (lower right of photo.) A 23-year-old Commerce man has been arrested and charged in the incident.
Around 200 people attended a vigil Sunday night for Calvin Varnum at the site where Varnum was gunned down earlier in the day. Varnum was well-known in the community for standing at the street corner near Hardees and waving to passersby. Sunday night, members of Varnum's family and community members walked from the shooting scene at Hardees to the corner to give a "Calvin wave" to cars driving by in honor of Varnum.
A large crowd gathered in downtown Commerce Sunday evening for a vigil honoring Calvin Varnum who had been murdered earlier in the day while standing next to Hardees. Varnum was known to stand and wave at the nearby street corner. The crowd went to the corner to wave to cars driving by in honor of Varnum.
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An elderly Commerce man was gunned down early Sunday morning outside the Hardees in downtown Commerce. Calvin Varnum, 72, was shot multiple times around 7:30 a.m. while standing on the sidewalk outside the restaurant. The GBI was called to the scene to investigate the shooting and agents are shown here photographing bullet holes in the side of the restaurant. At least two bullets went through a glass window into the seating area of the restaurant. A gun was left lying on the ground at the scene (lower right of photo.) A 23-year-old Commerce man has been arrested and charged in the incident.
A small memorial with flowers, candles and a photo of murder victim Calvin Varnum were placed on the sidewalk next the Hardees Restaurant in downtown Commerce Sunday following Varnum's murder earlier in the day.
Around 200 people attended a vigil Sunday night for Calvin Varnum at the site where Varnum was gunned down earlier in the day. Varnum was well-known in the community for standing at the street corner near Hardees and waving to passersby. Sunday night, members of Varnum's family and community members walked from the shooting scene at Hardees to the corner to give a "Calvin wave" to cars driving by in honor of Varnum.
Members of Calvin Varnum's family gathered with other in the community at the site where Varnum was slain early Sunday morning.
Members of the Commerce community, including this woman, left flowers at a small memorial at Hardees in Commerce in honor of Calvin Varnum, who was killed at the site early Sunday.
Commerce community members wrote messages in chalk on the sidewalk outside Hardees in Commerce in honor of Calvin Varnum, who was slain on the sidewalk early Sunday morning.
A large crowd gathered in downtown Commerce Sunday evening for a vigil honoring Calvin Varnum who had been murdered earlier in the day while standing next to Hardees. Varnum was known to stand and wave at the nearby street corner. The crowd went to the corner to wave to cars driving by in honor of Varnum.
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