Mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil in the Chinatown International District on Sunday to remember local hero Donnie Chin, who was fatally shot last week.
Donnie Chin was remembered by hundreds jammed into Hing Hay Park for a memorial service illuminated by glowsticks and candles in the Chinatown International District Sunday night.
“This is one of those times where people have to be with each other,” said Bob Santos, a lifelong friend of Chin’s and director of the International District Improvement Association.
Santos said that everybody attending the vigil on Sunday was devastated by Chin’s death, but said that “if you walk around all these little crowds of people, they’re talking about the good times that they had with Donnie, they’re talking about the funny things he used to do or the funny things we did to him.