ZIP Advertisement We ve set him free : Louisville family honors life of 14-year-old son who was killed on vacation Share Updated: 12:44 AM EDT Apr 4, 2021 Share Updated: 12:44 AM EDT Apr 4, 2021
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Show Transcript WLKY S MUNASHE KWANGWARI SHARES WHAT HIS FAMILY DID TODAY TO HONOR AND REMEMBER HIM. REPORTER: A LOUISVILLE FAMILY IS GATHERING TO SAY THEIR GOODBYES TO 14-YEAR-OLD LUCAS. HE WAS TRAGICALLY SHOT 10 DAYS AGO DURING HIS FAMILY S VACATION IN FLORIDA. DRESSED IN BLACK AND RED, THEY RELEASED BALLOONES INTO THE SKY TO HONOR HIS LIFE. THE HERO HIS PARENTS SAY HE WAS. LUCAS S PARENTS AMY AND SHAWN SCENARIO TURNED REALITY. HE WAS ALWAYS THE TYPE TO TURN A NEGATIVE INTO A POSITIVE. I CHERISHED EVERY MOMENT OF HIS LIFE. LIVED LIKE IT WAS OUR LAST. REPORTER: A LITTLE OVER A WEEK LATER. THE PAIN OF LUCAS NOT BEING HERE IS STILL STRONG. HE WAS THE GLUE. IT TAKES ALL OF US TOGETHER. HE WAS JUST AN AMAZING KID. REALLY AMAZING KID.
Balloon release honours teen killed during family vacation
by Emma Austin, Louisville Courier Journal, The Associated Press
Posted Apr 4, 2021 1:09 pm EDT
Last Updated Apr 4, 2021 at 1:14 pm EDT
SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. Dozens of shiny red and black balloons floated up from behind a funeral home on Preston Highway Saturday evening, a memorial to 14-year-old Lucas Dale Likes.
With the sun shining from just above the horizon, friends and family members gathered at Schoppenhorst, Underwood and Brooks Funeral Home in Shepherdsville to honour the teenager who was shot and killed while on vacation with his family in Florida last month.
Lucas’ mother, Amy Salmon, said it was good to see how many people her son touched during his life. Many of them wore T-shirts with his photo and name painted in red and black his favouritecolours, for the University of Louisville as they watched the balloons disappear into the sky.