Demaris Hobbs-Ekdahl's mother, Trisha Eckdahl, center, releases balloons along with her sister Katie Eckdahl and brother Jeff Eckdahl, right, at Richard Walton Memorial Park in Oakdale, Minn., Sunday, June 6, 2021, to honor his memory a day after he was killed by gunfire while attending a graduation party with his brother. With them was her son's best friend, Michael Pflepsen, left, and his grandmother Penny Eckdahl. (Photo by Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP Photo)
