FARGO - As our community mourns a tragic shooting, many are inspired to do good deeds in memory of slain Fargo police officer Jason Moszer.

Wendy Gerlach of Fargo said she's seen sadness in our community as well as the overwhelming support for both Officer Moszer's and the suspect's family and stemming from those kind acts, are some of her own.

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“To see one of our own go down that night was really hard, and I think it's shaken us all,” Gerlach said.

“I started talking to the people at Walgreens and said, 'look at all these beautiful flowers. Wouldn’t it be awesome if somebody went downtown and started handing them out?'” she said.

That's exactly what she did. For much of the afternoon, Wendy stood outside the Fargo Theatre.

“I just want to love our community and say thank you for pulling together at such a difficult time,” Gerlach said. “This is so exciting.”

She handed out 14 dozen roses, as well as gift packages from her business and suckers for the little ones, all to spread smiles.

“You can see the joy in them,” Gerlach said.

The kind gestures didn't stop there. Gerlach gave everyone two roses, so they could keep one and pay the other one forward.

Even though life, just like roses, can come with thorns.

“I think it's just a horrible, horrible unfortunate event, but it's awesome to see how our community is rallying together,” Emily Schwartz said.

Kindness is blossoming, all in memory of our fallen officer.