HICKORY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — After a mass tragedy hit Catawba County hard where one person was killed, neighbors say they couldn't help but come together at a Hickory Crawdads baseball game to lift each other's spirits.

They say it's something they do best.

"It's like Hickory, North Carolina?" Rick Slimak said.

People in Catawba County are still trying to make sense of the mass shooting at a pool party near Mountain View where 11 people were hurt and one person died.

Their question -- how could this happen in their quiet area?

"It was just crazy that something that could happen in our community. I mean, it's a very small community," said Tyler Buckles

"The world came knocking at our door and we're not insulated... So that's the saddest thing," Slimak said.

The man killed Sunday

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