HAMPTON, Ga. - Hundreds of people filled Lovejoy Park Friday evening to remember 16-year-old Zion Barrett , a high school student shot and killed in a Hampton subdivision last weekend.

What they're saying:

Family, classmates, community leaders and even Atlanta rapper Young Dro joined the vigil, where candles glowed in Zion’s favorite colors. "It makes me happy, you know, I thought it would just be family," said his aunt, Deshaun Barrett, as she looked out at the large crowd.

Students from Lovejoy High School described Zion as a class clown who still took his work seriously. "He always came to class but he made everybody laugh including the teacher," one classmate said. AJ Sutton, another student, added, "It hurts, it just hurts, I don’t know how to feel about it."

Young Dro said he

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