'Wendy Fest' set for kids of slain mom

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Friends of a Mobile woman who was killed outside her home earlier this year are holding a benefit to help the children of the slain woman.

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An event called "Wendy Fest" is planned for Thursday night in the port city to help the two children of Wendy Fisher, a widowed single mother who was shot to death in July.

A block-style party with food, auctions and music will be held at the Haberdasher, where Fisher was working at the time of her death. It's on Dauphin Street, a popular entertainment district in Mobile.

Fisher was shot on July 7 in front home after a confrontation with a passenger of a car she had told to slow down in the neighborhood.

Two men are charged with murder in the shooting.