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Vigil Held for Shooting Victim

Posted: 9:43 pm EDT April 26, 2009Updated: 12:32 am EDT April 27, 2009

People marched Sunday night and held a candlelight vigil to honor the memory of 21-year-old Isaac "Quan" Gibson.

Police said Gibson was fatally shot in the abdomen Saturday night when a fight broke out at a memorial party. The party took place following the funeral of 25-year-old Thomas Watson, who was gunned down in a Dayton park on April 16th.

Family members described Gibson as someone who liked to make others laugh.

They also said Gibson and Watson were cousins, and close friends.

Gibson's aunt, Anita Stewart said, "My nephew has Tom-Tom's name braided in his hair, they were born on the same day, and now Quan got killed on the day he was buried, it ain't right."

People at the vigil asked for the gun violence to stop.

One woman prayed, "Dear father, we come to you right now in the name of Jesus...let them put the guns down."

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