Raymond Green Vance, one of the five people killed in the Club Q shooting, would have turned 23 on Jan. 21. His family and friends decided to spend the day in a way he would have wanted.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Raymond Green Vance would have turned 23 on Jan. 21. His family and friends decided they wanted to spend the day in a way he would have wanted.
"We wanted to do something that reflected Raymond and giving is what he did. Now we can do it in his name," said Ron Bell, Raymond's grandfather.The group gathered at Club Q in Colorado Springs to clean the memorial. In temperatures as cold as 25 degrees, they picked up a trash bag and started to remove dead flowers."It's been so nice to get to meet people. And they're so nice. They understand what we're going through because they also went through the same thing.
His grandparents say that even now, Vance isn't done teaching them new things. They still see him every time the sun comes out. "Because of Raymond, we learned that a lot of people are just people that want to be together, we want to know each other, we want to protect each other," they said.Watch KOAA News5 on your time, anytime with our free streaming app available for your Roku, FireTV, AppleTV and Android TV. Just search KOAA News5, download and start watching.
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