A vigil to honor the eight shooting victims of last year’s massacre at Salon Meritage in Seal Beach is set for Thursday, the day before the one year anniversary of the worst mass killing in Orange County history.

Families, friends and neighbors will gather near the Seal Beach Pier on Thursday to remember the salon co-owner, stylists and clients who died when Scott Evans Dekraai allegedly opened fire in the shop on the afternoon of Oct. 12, 2011, apparently spurred by an acrimonious divorce and custody dispute with one of the salon’s stylists.

Dekraai pleaded not guilty late last year to killing his ex-wife and seven others. His trial was set to start in mid-October.

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