DAYTON, Ohio — A Pittsburgh-area man was among those killed in Sunday morning's mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio.
Nicholas Cumer was a student at Saint Francis University and graduated from Washington High School in 2012.
"The one thing that I always remember, he greeted you with a handshake and left class every day. ‘Have a good day, Mr. Henderson,' with a handshake," Washington High School Principal Chad Henderson said.
Cumer was a graduate student in the Master of Cancer Care program. He was in Dayton as part of his internship program with the Maple Tree Cancer Alliance.
A second Saint Francis University student, 23-year-old Kelsey Colaric, of Parma, Ohio, was injured during the shooting and is recovering. She, too, is a graduate student in the Master of Cancer Care program and was interning at Maple Health Cancer Alliance along with Cumer, the university said.
The Maple Tree Cancer Alliance said on Facebook that just last week, they offered Cumer a full-time position to run one of their new offices.
"He wanted to dedicate his life to serving cancer patients and I think that's such an honorable thing," Karen Wonders said.
She is the Executive Director of the cancer center.
"When we were looking at who to hire, he was number one and it was unanimous among our leadership that he's the one who should run it," she said.
Wonders said the world lost so many bright lights in Dayton, Cumer among them. She said his colleagues took him to Ned Peppers, the bar where the shooting occurred, to celebrate.
She said another intern jumped in and gave first aid to his wounded friends and potentially saved lives.
"I know he was helping the other trainers afterwards with the bleeding, to stop the bleeding. I just looked at him as a hero. I know he's really struggling right now," Wonders said.
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