Wes Smith's family attended Wednesday’s prayer vigil, which was closed to the media. His parents were in attendance. Police say Smith was the random target of a shooting and that 21-year-old Matthew Purdy confessed.
TCU held a vigil for the junior finance and marketing major killed last week in an apparent random shooting.
Members of the middle school football team Smith coached also came to honor his life, writing down their special memories. The victim’s parents arrived hugging friends and loved ones ahead of the vigil. Smith, a junior at TCU, was shot and killed in an apparent random act of violence in Fort Worth’s Entertainment District last Friday.
Smith’s family traveled from Tennessee to Texas to attend the vigil. They told FOX 4 that they want their son to be remembered as a selfless, bright and loving young man.Wes Smith's family is expected to travel from Tennessee to Texas to attend. His parents say he was bright, athletic and selfless. They say they don't want his death to be in vain.
Smith spent his final day coaching middle school football at All Saints Episcopal School in Fort Worth and then met up with friends.
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