At vigil for slain teen, Hispanic residents say they feel ignored
By Ian Duncan, The Baltimore Sun
For the second time this week, family and friends of Oscar Torres gathered in public Friday to mourn his death, worrying, they say, that without holding vigils his killing will be forgotten and the person who shot him during a robbery will go free.
About 50 people crammed into the front room of the family’s rowhouse in Southwest Baltimore, huddled around a memorial of white roses and pictures. They sang and prayed in Spanish before Torres’ mother, Ernestina Torres, led the group the few blocks north to where he was killed.
“We want justice. We don’t want this violence to continue,” said Ernestina Torres, speaking Spanish and using an interpreter. But she added that she was not confident police would make an arrest.
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