Family, friends gather to celebrate Nick Cumer's life

WASHINGTON, Pa. — Family and friends are saying goodbye to Nicholas Cumer, the local man killed in during the mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, over the weekend.

Visitation was held Thursday for Cumer at the Piatt and Barnhill Funeral Home in Washington.

Cumer was a Washington High School graduate and student at St. Francis University. He had just been offered a job with the company he had been interning for in Dayton and was out celebrating with friends when he was killed.

Hundreds of people came from all over the country to say their goodbyes to Cumer.

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His best friend, Tim Hornick, said he woke up that day to a frantic friend's phone call.

He said, 'Nick's been shot.' I said, 'What are you talking about?' Nobody could get ahold of him," Hornick said.

Cumer would soon be responsible for running a new cancer care center in Dayton.

"He jumped on it, he was excited because his favorite thing was helping others," Hornick said.

In the final moments of his life, his friends said Cumer did just that -- he put others before himself.

"When everything went down, his first reaction was the girls, get them on the ground and cover them up," Hornick said.

His friends said they want Cumer to be known for more than just his picture. They said he could relate to people of all walks of life and loved his dog, Maxie.

"He's a guy that was dedicated to everyone around him. He was unique, well-rounded, he's someone who got along with all of his bandmates. He loved Mac Miller, but every time we went out, we'd put $10 in the jukebox and listen to Shania Twain," Hornick said.

Cumer's friends said the world lost a bright light who brought the best out in everyone.

"He wanted to make other people's lives better," Hornick said.

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