at 11. and with little less than 25 hours left in 2016, north philadelphia community is remembering those who will never see 2017. people gathered a short time ago for a vigil to honor victims of gun violence. good evening, i m dawn dim knee. a powerful call tonight to bring peace back to the streets of the new year. fox 29 s shawnette wilson joins us from philadelphia police headquarters now with the story. shawnette. reporter: well, dawn, this is a second year the raw steen family has held this vigil for peace and they started it aft losing so many people close to them to gun violence. tiff knee knows the pain of losing a loved one. her brother celine was murdered four years ago. she s one of a few dozen people who came out tonight for a vigil in north philly. keep doing it every year. i m saying it might not cure the pain ever, i m saying, but it can help them. kit help them. like it can ease they pain more and more and more. reporter: mark and his family org
tiff knee knows the pain of losing a loved one. her brother celine was murdered four years ago. she s one of a few dozen people who came out tonight for a vigil in north philly. keep doing it every year. i m saying it might not cure the pain ever, i m saying, but it can help them. kit help them. like it can ease they pain more and more and more. reporter: mark and his family organize the vigil held near 16 many and susquehanna streets isn t we re praying for unity. that s the bottom line of it to pray for unity. reporter: terry runs a crisis center near 16th and lehigh where he put out this casket with a sign all lives matter. it represents a 16-year-old boy who was killed after leaving the center which serves as a safe place for kids to escape the violence of the street we lost four of our kids this year to gun violence. jew kwan was our last one over the weekend he got shot twice in his head after he left our center. kids should be able to play in the streets. sen