RANKIN, Pa. - The mother of a black teenager fatally shot by a white police officer outside Pittsburgh told supporters at a vigil that she was glad to see her son’s life celebrated at a place that meant so much to him. Michelle Kenney, mother of 17-year-old Antwon Rose II, joined friends of supporters at a vigil Sunday afternoon at the basketball court in the Hawkins Village housing complex in Rankin, where she lives. ‚ÄúIf you was looking for Antwon, you‚Äôd find him on the basketball court.‚Äù Supporters, she said, put the event together while she was sleeping. “If you was looking for Antwon, you’d find him on the basketball court.” Supporters, she said, put the event together while she was sleeping. A prayer vigil scheduled Sunday night at a church in Pittsburgh’s Hill District was to include prayers and singing, according to a flyer sent by organizers.

Source: thestar March 24, 2019 20:54 UTC