West Bend community rallies to support victim's families

As West Bend mourns the deaths of four people over the weekend, local businesses are stepping in to help. Abreu Preciado joins us with the community's efforts. Abreu. That's right. Heartbroken doesn't even begin to describe the emotions that are felt in West Bend. But as friends of victims tell me, they are turning the pain into help as a way to help cope during this difficult time. A lot of sadness, a lot of grief. I think the whole community, especially the people that knew them really close, are just heartbroken. It's a palpable feeling of despair in West Bend, as a community grieves the loss of four people found dead inside this home Saturday. You wouldn't, you know, picture something like this to happen, so it's just a surprise. Megan Hammond is a bartender at Al's Hideout. She says the suspect, David Slonikowski, and the adult woman whose identity hasn't been released were regulars here. They played darts on the Wednesday night dart team. Every Sunday you could catch them here. It's just still shocking. A painful tragedy, Hammond says the pub is taking action. We've got the tip jar out here that we're collecting donations from. Customers, regulars, anybody who wants to come in and drop anything off. Turning pain into a helpful way to cope for the victim's loved ones. They deserve every bit of help that this community is giving them. Pleasant Valley Pub is also doing their part. Anything they can do to help, donations, baskets, there's going to be raffles there, silent auctions, all proceeds that we make is going directly to the family. It's an effort both Annie Mayer and Kayla Connell say hits close to home. All of our families. My family hung out together. My kids are friends with her kids. Her kids watched my kids. We did holidays together, birthday parties. The community is hurting. They were staples in this community. It's just, it's hard. It's really hard. Fighting through the pain, they hope to turn into something good. I want the family to know that they have an entire community behind them. And through these efforts, the community is also hosting a big fundraiser that is taking place on November 29th at the Washington County Fairgrounds. Now, for details on that event or ways you can help, you can check out this story on our website or our Fox Local app for those details. Abreu, thank you. Such a difficult story.