Friends and family of Deadrick Rocker remembered the teen a year to the day after he was shot to death on December 30, 2011 while leaving a party.
His grieving mother Leslie Hawkins has spent the past year speaking out against violence.
"People just don't understand. To lose a child...I can understand if it was a natural cause, but to lose a child the way I lost my son, there's no understanding.
Teenager Davion Wilson is set to stand trial for Rocker's death in February.