A new memorial garden and mural at Philadelphia's Roxborough High School honors Nicolas Elizalde , a football player who was ambushed and fatally shot after a scrimmage three years ago.

Elizalde, a Saul High School student who played football at Roxborough, was in a group leaving a scrimmage on Sept. 27, 2022, when an SUV pulled up alongside them — then five people got out and opened fire.

A plaque honoring Nicolas Elizalde, a Roxborough High School football player who attended Saul High School and was killed in a Sept. 27, 2022, shooting.

Within a year of the shooting, Roxborough High School added 287 new cameras and additional safety staff for after-school events.

Outside the school on Friday, people wearing "Elizalde" shirts gathered around the mural and memorial. Nicolas'

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