"You can't put it into words:" Basketball game brings family and friends together to remember Angelo Young
MILWAUKEE -- Family of a Milwaukee teen gunned down this summer still have hope a killer will be brought to justice. Angelo Young was shot and killed on his way home from work in July. He's being remembered during a benefit basketball game on Saturday, October 17th.
Angelo Young
The grieving process has been made more difficult for the family of Angelo Young, because his shooter his still unknown. Though his family continues to be overwhelmed by an outpouring of support.
It's the game Angelo loved to play.
"He was our main defensive player," said Francine Griffin, New Testament Church.
And some of those games happened at New Testament Church in Milwaukee.
"It's a 32-minute game -- 8-minute quarters," said Quinell Graham, minister.
But this contest plays on without him.
"You never expect it to happen to you but when it does you don't know how to deal with it, especially when someone loses their life that way," said Demetrius Rice, Angelo's stepfather.
On July 22nd, 18-year-old Angelo Young was shot and killed on his way home from work. He graduated high school one month before.
July 22nd, 2015
"When we heard the news and we found out about it, our hearts were broken here as a church but we also said, is there something that we can do to impact the family," said Graham.
On Saturday, Young's friends and family laced up for a game to remember.
Benefit basketball game
Francine Griffin is a former coach.
"He just did it all and we all miss him. So we decided to do this charity game for the family as well as us because it hurt the church as well," said Griffin.
Young's family admittedly is struggling with the loss, one made worse because Young's killer is unkown.
"I'm looking and praying each and every day for the strength to continue on and most importantly for his mother," said Rice.
And the family does credit their church community and Young's former teammates for holding them up during life's greatest challenge.
"You can't put it into words. It's just to say thank you and we are grateful," said Rice.
Benefit basketball game
Angelo Young graduated in May from Rufus King High School.
He was shot less than one block from his home.
No arrests have been made in connection to his death.