Community members and family of Jayz Agnew, 13, gathered for a candlelight vigil to honor the life of the eighth-grader and demand justice in his killing.
On the afternoon of Nov. 8, his 13-year-old son, Jayz Agnew, walked outside to rake fallen leaves as he was told to do. Antoine Agnew followed Jayz outside with“I said, ‘Jay, go ahead; get these piles up.’ And I said, ‘When you finish, come get me and then I’ll show you how to use this leaf blower,’ ” Antoine Agnew said.
The crowd included families of other slain children, elected officials and residents gathered to demand justice for the Agnew family and to decry gun violence.The parents and others in the gathering wore white T-shirts with green letters, Jayz’s favorite color, that said “Justice 4 Jayz” on the front and No more silence end gun violence” on the back.
County council member-elect Krystal Oriadha spoke at the vigil and said she plans to propose legislation to expand the use of surveillance cameras by providing access to surveillance equipment for community members and to create incentives for business owners to use the cameras. A group of Jayz’s classmates through years of elementary and middle school took the microphone to share their favorite memories of him. One girl recalled that they would joke with each other and that he would tease her about being one day older than she. Another said that they always smiled at each other and that with him gone, going to school is not the same.
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