LUBBOCK, Texas — It’s been almost three years since 4-year-old Cornelius Carrington was killed in a drive-by shooting in Dec. 2021 , and the case concerning who committed the crime still hasn’t been solved, but a Lubbock artist is making sure nobody forgets about the little boy.
On Wednesday, Oct. 9, artist Simon Leonel Gonzalez handed over a stone with Cornelius’s face carved into it to the family of the boy. Gonzalez began engraving stone to honor the lives of others and now has a garage lined with the artwork. He knew Cornelius needed to be honored, too.
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“I made the special piece to bring awareness back,” Gonzalez said. “This is a situation that hit a lot of households. A lot of people are left with broken hearts.”
Gonzalez wanted to show his support in the search for justice in his own way, with his artwork.
“I’m here to remind people of what’s real. If you know anything and you say something you’re a hero in my book,” Gonzalez said.