OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) -- Castlemont High School teacher Marvin Boomer was honored and remembered by family members, students, friends, and city leaders Friday during a large memorial service at Acts Full Gospel Church in Oakland.

Boomer was killed in May 28, just two days before his senior students received their diplomas at Castlemont High School’s graduation ceremony.

Boomer and his girlfriend, Nina, were out on an evening stroll May 28 when a stolen car zoomed through an Oakland neighborhood and crashed into them, investigators said. Less than a minute before the crash, the teenaged driver was chased by California Highway Patrol officers.

Boomer pushed his girlfriend out of the direct path of a car that slammed into Boomer on a sidewalk, according to a home surveillance video review

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