i can almost understand that insulted egos feel the need to prove themselves, hence all the gang fighting , but ah! to pull out weapons and proudly stab a 19 year old, that was just low down and cowardly.

note the word 'proudly'. what's with all the chanting and hooting of your gang slogans? that was so uncool. you know, i dont know much about gangs and their operations, so my views are from the sidelines, but really, i do believe, if you really need to fight, do it with your fists, and not like 7 against 1 or something! how on earth does that prove your heroics or whatever reason u r fighting for. do you honestly get any satisfaction from it?

no matter what punishment these detractors receive, the parents will never see their boy again.
i think that's the saddest part of all.

life is fragile enough without mindless people doing their best to break it.

well, dear 19 year old boy, you might have had some fault in it, but you definitely didnt deserve death, nor were you asking for it. i hope u will be happy, wherever you are now. and i hope God brings comfort to your family in their times of need.