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Church Community Holds Vigil For Seminary Student Slain In Berkeley
"I was real close with him. He was an assistant pastor to me and he was a director for our youth," Ve'e said.
October 14, 2022
About 100 people gathered Thursday night in San Lorenzo to remember a ministry student who was shot and killed early Saturday morning in Berkeley. Isamaeli Mata'afa's friends called him Ish or Eli.
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Pastor Ulysses Ve'e of the Samoan Congregational Christian Church in San Lorenzo led the candlelight vigil. Ve'e has known Mata'afa since he was in elementary school and was the one who encouraged him to follow his faith.
"I was real close with him. He was an assistant pastor to me and he was a director for our youth," Ve'e said.
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