Rogers County District Attorney's Office hosted its second annual "Tree of Hope" ceremony and vigil Dec. 2, honoring the surviving family and friends of victims killed in acts of violence.

"This is a building that they came to (where) they had to recount some really hard, really difficult things," District Attorney Matt Ballard said before the event held inside the Rogers County Courthouse. "And now they get to come back and remember some of the good things. So our goal is to give those families hope, to give them something to look forward to."

"It's about remembering the sacrifices, the losses that you have, but it's also about moving forward to something," Ballard later told a small crowd of surviving family and friends.

"As we walk away from this place tonight, I hope we are able to

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