Family, friends mourn man run down in alleged road rage incident Share Updated: 5:42 PM EST Jan 21, 2021 Family, friends mourn man run down in alleged road rage incident Share Updated: 5:42 PM EST Jan 21, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript PETER: THE VIGIL IS WRAPPING UP. SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE CAME TO SHOW SUPPORT. TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME. ACCORDING TO ORGANIZERS HERE, THE VICTIM LEAVES BEHIND HER THREE CHILDREN AND SEVERAL OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS. THE GOFUNDME SAYS THAT 35-YEAR-OLD WAS A GENTLE GIANT, A LOYAL FRIEND WITH AN UNPREDICATABLE SMILE -- AN UNFORGETTABLE SMALL. THIS WAS THE RESULT OF ROAD RAGE. A MAN IS ACCUSED OF RUNNING OVER THE VICTIM WITH HIS PICKUP TRUCK, ALSO ACCUSED OF USING A RACIAL SLUR TOWARD THE VICTIM. MANY AT THE VIGIL HOLDING SIGNS OF THAT SAID "BLACK LIVES MATTER" AND OTHER THINGS TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY OF THE VICTIM. THE POLICE CHIEF ALSO SPOKEN MOMENTS AGO. >> I WISH I HAD SOMETHING PROPHETIC TO SAY. I WISH I COULD TELL YOU THAT BY ARRESTING THE SUSPECT THAT THE PROBLEM OF RACIAL HATRED WOULD DISAPPEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY. UNFORTUNATELY, I DO NOT HAVE THOSE WORDS. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT ONE ARREST ALONE WILL NOT ELIMINATE THESE TYPES OF CRIMES. REPORTER: NOW, THE VIGIL HERE IS JUST WRAPPING UP. WE HEARD THEM CHANTING, "SAY HIS NAME." THE FAMILY OF THE VICTIM WAS HERE. THEY DID NOT WANT TO SPEAK WITH US, BUT THEY WERE UPSET BY ALL OF THIS, HOWEVER, NO DOUBT GRATEFUL FOR THE LARGE SHOW OF SUPPORT FROM THOSE HERE IN BEAUMONT