A sad set of circumstances took place on Thanksgiving Day in Victoria as 17-year-old Richard Rico Deleon died due to a gun related incident. At the moment, the case is still under investigation and the details surrounding his death are unclear.
On Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, family and friends gathered at a Victoria area park to remember him and share stories from his life.
Despite the very recent tragedy, the Deleon family graciously allowed me to spend time with them to try and capture the various emotions that come with a sudden death.
Here are a few frames from my afternoon with them:
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| Richard Rico Deleon's friends, from left, Jared Gonzales, Josh Brown and Matthew Gonzales take a moment to remember him at a vigil at a pavilion off of North Ben Wilson Street in Victoria, Texas on Dec. 1, 2013. "I've known him since we were like 11 years old," Brown said. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM) |
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| A group of Richard Rico Deleon's friends and family take a moment to remember him at a vigil at a park off of North Ben Wilson Street in Victoria, Texas on Dec. 1, 2013. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM) |
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| Richard Rico Deleon's mother, Sandra Deleon, left, hugs her grandson at a gathering of remembrance on Dec. 1, 2013 in Victoria, Texas for her son who was killed on Thanksgiving Day in Bloomington, Texas. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM) |
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| Friends and family of Richard Rico Deleon wrote messages of remembrance on his favorite jacket at a pavilion off of North Ben Wilson Street in Victoria, Texas on Dec. 1, 2013. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM) |
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| Sandra Deleon, of Bloomington, left, is consoled by her husband Joe Ramirez at their family's vigil for their son Richard Rico Deleon, 17, who was killed on Thanksgiving Day, at a pavilion off of North Ben Wilson Street in Victoria. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM) |
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| Ally Alonzo Durham, right, writes a message on a basketball that belonged to her deceased friend Richard Rico Deleon at a vigil for him at a pavilion off of North Ben Wilson Street in Victoria, Texas on Dec. 1, 2013. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM) |
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| Sandra Deleon, of Bloomington, left, embraces a family member at a vigil for her deceased son at a pavilion off of North Ben Wilson Street in Victoria, Texas on Dec. 1, 2013. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM) |
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| Sandra Deleon, bottom right, watches balloons being released into the sky at a vigil for her deceased son at a pavilion off of North Ben Wilson Street in Victoria, Texas on Dec. 1, 2013. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM) |
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