Local man killed in Dayton mass shooting laid to rest Saturday

WASHINGTON, Pa. — Nicholas Cumer, the local man killed during the mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, was laid to rest Saturday.

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.

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The funeral home said it was the second most attended funeral in its history, with thousands of people coming to say their goodbyes. Cumer's friends said they're not surprised because he had a way of drawing people from all walks of life together.

An anonymous donor has also come forward to pay for all nine funerals for the victims of the mass shooting.

Just hours after Cumer was laid to rest, some of his friends got matching tattoos to make sure his memory lives on forever. They said they now have a piece of art that will stay with them forever and remind them of who Cumer was and what he believed about so strongly.

Cumer's friends said he was a real life Batman, jumping on top of others and shielding them from gunfire during the shooting.

Each of the tattoo artists said they were honored to be able to do the tattoos.

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