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Vigil honors slain store clerk

  • May 25, 2013
  • May 25, 2013 Updated May 28, 2013
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A vigil was held May 25, 2013, at a baseball field at Morris K. Udall Regional Center for Erick Bridges, the east side convenience store employee who was stabbed by an unknown assailant.

Vigil honors slain store clerk

Vigil honors slain store clerk

Jennifer Speese, left, and Christina Brown hold candles during a vigil at a baseball field at Morris K. Udall Regional Center for Erick Bridges, the east side convenience store employee who was stabbed by an unknown assailant. Speese was Bridge's sister and Brown was his girlfriend. The reason for the service at the ball park was because that is where Bridges proposed marriage to Brown last November. More than one hundred friends and family attended the service. An assailant may have confronted Bridges before stabbing him, Tucson police have said in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday, May 25, 2013.

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Vigil honors slain store clerk

Vigil honors slain store clerk

Adrian Quintero shows off one of the shoes that he had painted during a candlelight vigil at a baseball field at Morris K. Udall Regional Center or his friend Erick Bridges, the east side convenience store employee who was stabbed by an unknown assailant. The reason for the service at the ball park was because that is where Bridges proposed marriage to Christina Brown last November. More than one hundred friends and family attended the service. An assailant may have confronted Bridges before stabbing him, Tucson police have said in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday, May 25, 2013.

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Vigil honors slain store clerk

Vigil honors slain store clerk

Adrian Quintero crouches on the ground during a candlelight vigil at a baseball field at Morris K. Udall Regional Center for his friend, Erick Bridges, the east side convenience store employee who was stabbed by an unknown assailant. A customer found Bridges in the store at 1 a.m. Friday, May 17. An assailant may have confronted Bridges before stabbing him, Tucson police have said in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday, May 25, 2013.

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Vigil honors slain store clerk

Vigil honors slain store clerk

Around a hundred people gather for a candlelight vigil at a baseball field at Morris K. Udall Regional Center for Erick Bridges, the east side convenience store employee who was stabbed by an unknown assailant. An assailant may have confronted Bridges before stabbing him, Tucson police have said in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday, May 25, 2013.

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Vigil honors slain store clerk

Vigil honors slain store clerk

Kathy Mellott, left, waits for Maggie Hord to write a remembrance for Erick Bridges in a book before a candlelight vigil for him at a baseball field at Morris K. Udall Regional Center. Bridges is the east side convenience store employee who was stabbed by an unknown assailant. Hord used to visit Bridges at the convenience store where he would make her a chocolate donut with sprinkles. A customer found Bridges in the store at 1 a.m. Friday, May 17. An assailant may have confronted Bridges before stabbing him, Tucson police have said in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday, May 25, 2013.

A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star

Vigil honors slain store clerk

Vigil honors slain store clerk

Logan Bridges, left, weeps next to her father, Joel Willis, during a candlelight vigil at a baseball field at Morris K. Udall Regional Center for Erick Bridges, the east side convenience store employee who was stabbed by an unknown assailant. Logan Bridges is Erick's brother and Willis is his father. The reason for the service at the ball park was because that is where Bridges proposed marriage to Christina Brown (CHRISTINA BROWN) last November. More than one hundred friends and family attended the service. An assailant may have confronted Bridges before stabbing him, Tucson police have said in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday, May 25, 2013.

A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star

Vigil honors slain store clerk

Vigil honors slain store clerk

Kristy Morales, left, hugs Shawn Speese, the mother of Erick Bridges, before a candlelight vigil for Bridges at a baseball field at Morris K. Udall Regional Center. Bridges is the east side convenience store employee who was stabbed by an unknown assailant last week. A customer found Bridges in the store at 1 a.m. Friday, May 17. An assailant may have confronted Bridges before stabbing him, Tucson police have said in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday, May 25, 2013.

A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star

Vigil honors slain store clerk

Vigil honors slain store clerk

Connie Martin, the grandmother of Erick Bridges, holds a candle during a candlelight vigil at a baseball field at Morris K. Udall Regional Center for Bridges who was the east side convenience store employee who was stabbed by an unknown assailant. The reason for the service at the ball park was because that is where Bridges proposed marriage to Christina Brown last November. More than one hundred friends and family attended the service. An assailant may have confronted Bridges before stabbing him, Tucson police have said in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday, May 25, 2013.

A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star

Vigil honors slain store clerk

Vigil honors slain store clerk

Thomas Moore tosses a message for Erick Bridges into a fire pit at the end of a candlelight vigil at a baseball field at Morris K. Udall Regional Center. Bridges is the east side convenience store employee who was stabbed by an unknown assailant. Family and friends wrote Bridges a message and put it into a fire with the hope the smoke and ashes will carry their message to him. An assailant may have confronted Bridges before stabbing him, Tucson police have said in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday, May 25, 2013.

A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star

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Logan Bridges, left, weeps next to her father, Joel Willis during a candlelight vigil on May 25 at a baseball field at Morris K. Udall Regiona…

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