ORLANDO, Fla. – It’s been a week since Qvarious McCloud was shot and killed during a large house party in Kissimmee. His family is still searching for answers on who is responsible.
In the wake of their pain, his loved ones held a candlelit vigil for the teen. It was at the Rosemont Neighborhood Center where Qvarious spent a lot of time. Blue balloons were released - blue because that was his favorite color. Many wore shirts with Qvarious’ face on it to remember the young man gone too soon.
He was just 17-years-old, about to graduate high school.
“Qvarious was funny, good looking, very smart - getting ready to have an 18th birthday,” said his grandmother Felicia McCloud. “He was talking about going into the Marines.”
He was not just a teenager, but also a brother.
His baby sister, Malani Wallace was one of the nearly hundred people who attended his vigil.
“Not only did you take my older brother, you took somebody that I love,” said Wallace. “Somebody that I can look up to every single day. Somebody that I can depend on.”
“He didn’t care what you was, he didn’t care how you was, he just loved people. That’s why everyone is out here coming forth,” said Wallace.
As signs with Qvarious’ picture were displayed throughout the vigil, his family pleaded for those responsible to be brought to justice. His mother, visibly distraught, begging for answers as well.
“He was perfect to me, he was perfect,” said Quiriana McCloud, his mother. “I’ll never be able to kiss him again.”
“We going to fight,” said his grandmother. “And if you ain’t down with it, turn around and go on. I’m going to fight until my last breath. I’m going to fight for my grandson. It’s not a secret because God already know it. Come forth. Please come forth.”