Before going inside, mourners saw 90 candles lighted in honor of Trinity's life — 10 for each of her nine years — and heard the church's bells toll for 90 seconds.
Asunoya Sanni, walks away in tears after touching the casket for Trinity Love Jones, during the community "Memorial of Light" service for her, at St. John Vianney Parish in Hacienda Heights, California on March 25, 2019.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.HACIENDA HEIGHTS, Calif.— Most had never met her, didn't even know her name until they saw it on the news.
Diana Wilson, grandmother of the late Trinity Love Jones, mourns for her granddaughter during a "Memorial of Light" service, at St. John Vianney Parish in Hacienda Heights, California, on March 25, 2019.Following the wishes of Trinity's father, Antonio, she had arrived in a bright blue and white suit and bright blue hat because Trinity liked bright colors. Other mourners wore buttons with her name and photo on them.
As word of Trinity's death spread across the city through social media, local resident Kara Clark said people felt they had to do something to show their respects to her family and to also make it clear they are fed up with a society gripped by such wanton violence. "It is so fitting that we are underneath this bright sun, because what we celebrate today is the light that Trinity has within, the eternal light that has not been extinguished," Father Egren Gomez told mourners before leading them into the sanctuary.
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