Friday, July 1, 2022

Hoop dreams: A memorial for Jesse Parrilla

Photos by Gebhard 

Tuesday was Jesse Day on the basketball courts in Tompkins Square Park... as friends and community members gathered to celebrate the life of Jesse Parrilla, the local hoops star who was said to be an innocent bystander in a gang feud this spring. 

Parrilla, who lived with his mother on 12th Street between Avenue A and First Avenue, and his longtime friend Nikki Huang were reportedly kidnapped and killed in May "in a series of retaliatory shootings" involving a stolen purse. (Previously.) 

Parrilla, 22, played basketball for a season upstate at Genesee Community College. In Tompkins Square Park, there were basketball games and remembrances of someone who is gone too soon...
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 1, 2022 at 1:06 PM

    Sending condolences and great compassion to his family, friends and community. So very sad.

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  2. SarahJuly 1, 2022 at 4:14 PM

    My God, what a terrible story. Rest in peace, young man.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 22, 2022 at 5:51 PM

    Rest in Peace 🕊️

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