'It eases off the pain': family and community members mourn 19-year-old homicide victim
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Thoughtful, caring and loving - that's how a 19-year-old homicide victim is being remembered.
Thoughtful, caring and loving – that’s how a 19-year-old homicide victim is being remembered.
On Saturday afternoon, a sombre mood filled the area in front of a Notre Dame Avenue hotel beer vendor as a vigil took place for John Lloyd Barrion.
John Llyod was found injured at the beer vendor where he worked early Tuesday morning. He was taken to hospital where he died of his injuries.
"He always put family over everything. That really showed in the summer when he worked. He was a passionate, courageous person that didn't deserve what happened to him," said Joshua Lim, one of John Lyod’s long-time friends.
At the vigil, family, like John Lloyd's oldest sibling John Emmanuel Barrion, shared fond memories of the 19-year-old.
"Walking home from church, just telling stories to pass to the time," recalled John Emmanuel.
Turn out for the vigil was high, with Winnipeg's tight-knit Filipino community shaken by John Lloyds passing.
