It rained, but that wasn’t going to stop friends and relatives from remembering Isis Allen, who died July 20 after being shot in the head by 19-year-old Kamau Thomas.
“Come on, come around here. Rain doesn’t stop these thugs from being thugs,” said vigil organizer Jaison Waller, “So come on and be with us.”
Everyone at the Knoxville vigil held hands as Rev. Maurice Trent of Lighthouse Cathedral Church in St. Clair led them in prayer, remembering the girl who liked kickball, cheerleading for youth football and arts and crafts.
“Father, I pray for this community,” said standing in front of the Zara Street house where Allen was shot. “Father, we pray for that young brother that lost his way. Father, I pray that even in that jail cell you will visit him and you will reveal yourself to him.”
Isis was walking on Zara Street with an adult July 17 when a bullet fired by Thomas struck her in the head. After being kept alive for several days at Children’s Hospital of UPMC, doctors pronounced her dead just hours before the vigil—originally scheduled to pray for her recovery—began.
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