Only close friends and family had been invited to attend the funeral for Tyrone David Lopez. At the funeral, Mares and Paul Torres, another childhood friend, comforted Lopez’s mother, Rachel Hernandez. “Although David is gone, he is in a better place,” Father Denis Maher said during the funeral. In the hours after the funeral, many people shared stories about how Lopez touched their lives. (Second) Daniel Ruiz, left, and Scott Daniels look at photos in Lopez's bedroom after their friend's funeral.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 24, 2017 03:22 UTC