Friends and family members gathered Monday evening for a candlelight vigil near Olijawon Griffin‘s Olney, Md., home to remember the teen, who was stabbed and killed early Saturday morning in the Woodley Park Metro station.
WJLA has video of the vigil:
Loved ones have also left memorials to Griffin, who many called “Owon.” Washington’s Other Monuments has this photo of a memorial that was erected outside the metro station where Griffin was killed:
Friends have also been posting memorial messages to Griffin on social media sites. One friend, Bibi Inez, posted this tribute to Griffin on her Facebook page:
Here is a round up of some of the other memorial messages to Griffin from Facebook and Twitter:
Note: you can leave memorials on our site by going to Olijawon Griffin’s page and clicking on “Memorials” under the map.
