"If you want to meet someone caring, full of life and ambitious, that was Ladarrius."
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.
The vigil and balloon release took place at Westover Park, where the three young student-athletes started their youth football careers.
The event served as a solemn tribute to those lost to domestic violence across North Carolina in the past year.
Community gathered for a vigil to remember Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose body was found in an impounded Tesla.
"He's an amazing man."