Under the careful management of Ramsey Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, Inc. in Arden-Arcade, the remains of Dewayne James Jr. and his brother Sa’Quan Reed-James were transported back to their hometown of Monroe, Louisiana, on Dec. 15.
The bodies of Sa’Quan Reed James, left, and Dewayne James Jr., right, have been flown back to Monroe, Louisiana for burial. The two brothers were shot and killed at Arden Mall Nov. 27.
Dr. Anthony Ramsey Wallace, president and CEO of Wallace Funeral Home, said the brothers, who only been in Sacramento for less than two years, will be buried on Friday, Dec. 18.
The funeral home received custody of the pair on Dec. 3, “And then we dressed them up and casketed them,” Wallace said.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. The bodies of the two brothers killed in the Arden Fair Mall shooting on Black Friday were flown out of Sacramento and back to their hometown of Monroe, LA., Tuesday night.
The family said they wanted the community to see the images of 17-year-old Sa Quan Reed and 19-year-old Dewayne James Jr. being transported to their final resting place as a way of underscoring the sad reality that far many too youth are facing in Sacramento and beyond.