Hundreds of people, including local elected officials and religious leaders, gathered at a Harrisburg corner Wednesday evening for a balloon release honoring the 17-year-old boy who was fatally shot last week while getting off a school bus.
The event was held at North 6th and Emerald streets, where Camar Cordero was shot and killed at about 3:15 p.m. on May 29.
Angelo Craig, with Harrisburg’s Group Violence Intervention, led the event alongside leaders from Day Spring Ministries.
Harrisburg Police Commissioner Thomas Carter, Harrisburg School District Superintendent Benjamin Henry, Harrisburg City Council members Ralph Rodriguez and Robert Lawson, state Rep. Dave Madsen and state Sen. Patty Kim were in attendance…