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Father expresses gratitude for town support after sons' deaths

March 01, 2013 8:00 pm • Last Updated: March 08, 2013 8:29 am

By Anna Isaacs

People gather for a candlelight vigil for the Perry family of North Stonington at the North Stonington recreation fields Friday evening.

North Stonington - "Your support is probably the only reason we're still on our feet right now," Jeremy Perry told a crowd of hundreds gathered for a candlelight vigil Friday night in honor of his two young sons who were shot and killed three days ago.

On a grassy slope wedged between a tennis and basketball court on Rocky Hollow Road, residents of this small town came together to mourn the deaths of two-year-old Alton Perry and six-month-old Ashton Perry, whose grandmother, Debra Denison, 47, shot and killed them Tuesday evening before turning the gun on herself.

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