Slain 21-year-old USC student Victor McElhaney was remembered at a memorial Tuesday night for his kind heart and passion for music. An estimated 700 people attended the memorial, which was standing room only, on the USC campus.
Easweh Harrison, 23, right, embraces a fellow member of Brothers Breaking BREAD, a student organization founded by black men at USC, during a memorial for slain USC Thornton School of Music student Victor McElhaney at the Ronald Tutor Campus Center Ballroom on campus.
An estimated 700 people attended the memorial, which was standing room only, at the Ronald Tutor Campus Center Ballroom on the USC campus.“Vic impacted a lot of people,” said Marcus Burke, 23, of Los Angeles. “Every time I saw him, he was in a space helping people by conversation. He was always one to engage in a very thought-provoking and nuanced way, and he helped people see life in a way that brought people together.”, a student organization founded by black men at USC.
“As sad as a day it is, you can only revel in the power that he had because so many people came out [and] filled this entire space with people that loved him,” said Easweh Harrison, a 23-year-old USC alumnus living in L.A.about 12:30 a.m. March 10 outside a strip-mall liquor store. A group of three or four men attempted to mug him and his friends, and one of the men shot McElhaney. The LAPD has not announced any arrests in the case.
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