Vigil held for man killed in Hanford drive-by shooting

HANFORD, Calif. (KFSN) -- Family and friends gathered to retrieve Cruz Avalos aft helium was killed successful a drive-by shooting earlier this week successful Hanford.

The 23-year-old was changeable and killed astatine this country arsenic helium returned to enactment Wednesday afternoon.

A state presumption parking batch turned into a gathering spot for emotion and enactment Friday, conscionable days aft this intersection was marked with violence.

Family and friends of Cruz Avalos gathered successful prayer, with candles, balloons, and photos of the 23-year-old.

One by one, members of the assemblage offering hugs and words of comfortableness to his parent Veronica Parker.

Standing alongside his siblings and girlfriend, Parker shared the joyousness her lad brought to truthful galore with his personality.

"There was ne'er a dull time successful our location with him. I tin archer you that close now. He made everybody happy," said Parker.

"He was afloat of beingness but astatine the aforesaid clip an aged soul."

Cruz was returning to enactment astatine Borba's Autobody Shop connected Wednesday afternoon, wherever he's worked for the past 2 years.

Parker says mundane helium would instrumentality location to instrumentality his luncheon interruption with his woman and their dogs.

The hopes Parker had for her son's aboriginal -- chopped abbreviated erstwhile helium was changeable portion returning from his regular ritual.

"They took him from america excessively soon. He was lone 23 years old. He inactive had his full beingness up of him. I was expected to assistance him program a proposal, an engagement, a wedding, I wasn't expected to beryllium making a ceremonial statement for him," said Parker.

A 16-year-old was arrested successful his death. The aforesaid fishy tied to different shooting conscionable hours later.

"We're each hurting due to the fact that of somebody's anserine act. My babe didn't merit this," said Parker.

Parker's anticipation present is to get justness for her archetypal born.
"I privation these radical enactment away. I don't privation a parent to spell done this due to the fact that this heartache is unbearable. Unbearable," Parker said.

Parker says of dozens of radical astatine the vigil shows conscionable however loved her lad was.

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