Dadeville searches for answers after shooting kills 4, hospitalizes others

Melinda Silmon opened her small diner for the Dadeville lunch crowd as usual at 11 a.m. Monday morning. MeMama’s Grub Hub sits less than a mile from Dadeville High School and often serves students, educators and other community members of the small town of 3,000. It’s also about three blocks from Dadeville’s town square where, at a Sweet 16 birthday party on April 15, four people were killed and 28 injured in gunfire. Many were teenagers and young adults. Silmon, and many others in town, spent Sunday and Monday searching...