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Gloria Leonidas was shot dead on Wednesday when, police believe, Ian Stawicki carjacked her black Mercedes SUV in order to continue his flight from the shootings at Cafe Racer.

Yesterday, to learn more about Gloria, I called a place where she worked, a foundation board she'd served on, the law firm of a family friend, and the Seattle school her children attend (a school she'd aided as a volunteer). The uniform response: no response. "Out of respect for the family's wishes," one person told me.

The message I took from this: What happened to Gloria is—for her family, for now—unspeakable. May we all be loved this fiercely, and have friends willing to close around us this tightly.