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Students Gather To Remember Luis Garcia At Memorial Outside East High School

The 16-year-old died Wednesday, two weeks after he was shot.

The shooting has sparked a movement among students at the school to initiate a conversation with community leaders, school administration and police about safety and gun violence.
The shooting has sparked a movement among students at the school to initiate a conversation with community leaders, school administration and police about safety and gun violence. (CBS)

ByCBS Denver Staff:

East High School students gathered around a memorial outside the school on Thursday morning as they remembered Luis Garcia who died more than two weeks after a shooting near the school. The memorial included flowers and keepsakes that students brought to remember their classmate who was described as caring and loving.

Garcia, 16, was taken off life support on Wednesday. He was shot on Feb. 13.

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