He was a former high school counselor and promotions assistant at 97.9 The Beat in Dallas.
“Just a bright light, a team player and had nothing but love for everyone,” said friend Reagan Elam, the online editor for 97.9.
Sanders was also a creator who helped run a recording studio and event hall with his lifelong friend, Dallas artist SpaceBoiFresh.
“He was the reason we tried harder, we went harder,” SpaceBoiFresh said.
It was at their business on Sovereign Row that Sanders lost his life.
Friends say the event hall was rented for a fashion show where a fight broke out.
Sanders, they say, tried to break it up but Dallas police say he was shot and killed by two men who fled in an unknown vehicle. They remain on the run.