Vigil

Bridget Phipps, 47, comforts her son Laventia “Last One” Phipps,11, during the candlelight vigil for his brother Laventez Phipps, 21, on March 10, 2013. Friends and family came together to celebrate the life of Laventez, who was shot to death the previous Saturday afternoon outside his home on Nasser Street in Mt. Morris Township, Mich., where the vigil took place. “He wasn‚??t a violent person at all. Every time you seen him he was smiling and laughing,” Bridget said. “He wasn‚??t the type of person to fight. He was just a laid back guy, that‚??s all he was. That‚??s my baby, that‚??s my baby.‚?ù Within hours of the shooting, police had taken a 17-year-old male into custody as a person of interest.

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