William Smith, an eighth-grader at the Montessori School of Englewood, was shot and killed Sunday night while traveling in a car on I-57. A-mara Hall, 1, and her father Nasir Hall, 19, also died in the attack.
"Every time you were down, he would come make a joke to make you happy because he knew that’s how we lift each other up," one student said as orange and black balloons were released for 13-year-old William Smith. "Now that he’s gone, we don’t get that same type of energy."
"He was an exceptional, exceptional student, a hard worker and always encouraged you all to do the right thing," Tobin said at Tuesday’s gathering. "He was a child, he’s just 13," Nolan said. "A child with friends and a future. Our whole community is distraught"
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