Priest at health club victim’s funeral: Gunman darkening classroom lights fits his evil intent

Priest: Gunman darkening room fits his evil intent

GREEN TREE, Pa. —Before three women were shot dead at a Pittsburgh-area health club, the gunman first paused and shut off the lights. A priest who conducted Betsy Gannon’s funeral Saturday at St. Margaret of Scotland Parish Church said that was only fitting because “evil can’t function any other way than in the dark.”

The church is a few miles from the L.A. Fitness club where 49-year-old Gannon and two other women were shot to death in an aerobics class Tuesday night.

Earlier Saturday, more than 200 mourners gathered in a Methodist church to pay their respects to 46-year-old Heidi Overmier of Carnegie.

The funeral of 37-year-old Jody Billingsley of Mount Lebanon is scheduled for Wednesday.

The three were killed and nine others wounded by 48-year-old George Sodini, who then shot himself.