From streetball in Brooklyn to college ball at Fairleigh Dickinson to the pros in nine countries, 35-year-old Kinu Rochford was a respected talent and a radiant personality.
The grieving parents of a 16-year-old who was shot and killed in the Bronx want the system to get tougher on youth violence.
The vigil was held at Seth Low Park on Wednesday afternoon, and honored the memories of the more than 150 killed in the fire.
Community members and faith leaders banded together Sunday in Stockton after a mass shooting Saturday left four dead, including three children, and 11 wounded. "These animals walked in and shot children at a children's birthday party. None of us should stand for that," the sheriff said.
Wiping away tears, family members held photos of 19-year-old Masi Rogers as the Newark community rallied around them.
The vigil was meant to give her family strength as they said goodbye to a beloved mom of four boys and also shed light on domestic violence.