Candlelight service honors slain sailor from Md.

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HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — A sailor fatally shot last week in Norfolk, Va., was honored as a hometown hero Thursday at a chilly, candlelight service in Hagerstown’s City Park.

About 70 people, mostly in their 20s, filled metal benches to offer support and condolences to Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Mayo’s parents and three siblings, seated in the park’s bandshell. Two poster-sized photos of Mayo in uniform flanked the speaker’s podium near a bunch of blue-and-white balloons — the colors of Williamsport High School, where Mayo was a wrestling star, and the Dallas Cowboys, represented by a team blanket draped over an empty chair.

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