‘He was my friend’: Community gathers for emotional balloon release to remember Burlington 7-year-old [Video]

LUNCH FROM NOON UNTIL 1230 EACH DAY. A COMMUNITY IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES TO MOURN THE DEATH OF A BOY WHO WAS SHOT LAST WEEK. HE DIED FROM HIS INJURIES OVER THE WEEKEND. MASON JENKINS WAS JUST SEVEN YEARS OLD, AND TONIGHT FAMILY, FRIENDS, TEAMMATES AND TOTAL STRANGERS ALL GATHERED FOR AN EMOTIONAL BALLOON RELEASE, ALL IN HIS MEMORY. KARA PETERS JOINS US FROM BROADVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHERE THAT VIGIL WAS HELD TONIGHT. KIARA. THIS COMMUNITY IS REALLY HURTING. YEAH. DAVONTE THAT IS UNFORTUNATELY THE CASE. FAMILY, COACHES AND FRIENDS ALL AGREE THAT MASON LOVED HIS FAMILY AND LOVED THE GAME OF FOOTBALL. AND WHILE THERE’S BEEN A NEW ARREST IN THE INVESTIGATION REGARDING MASON’S DEATH, LOVED ONES SAY THAT’S STILL NOT ENOUGH. HUNDREDS RELEASING BALLOONS TO REMEMBER NUMBER 57 YEAR OLD MASON JENKINS. HIS FAMILY SAYS HE PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR THE AIR CAV SPORTS CLUB FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS. HIS …