Members of the Brothers of Hammer motorcycle club watch as the balloons take to the wind Sunday at “Stop the Violence” at Strabane Square, South Strabane Township. Vinnie Kelley, the victim of a shooting outside the Giant Eagle at Strabane Square in June, was a member of the club. The event was attended by a number of community members who had been affected by violence, including the family of Vaughn Simonelli, who was shot in October 2012 in the parking lot of Shop ‘n Save in Washington. Denise McNerney, mother of Timothy McNerney, the Washington & Jefferson College football player killed in an altercation in October 2012, and members of the W&J football team also attended the event.

Washington & Jefferson College football coach Mike Sirianni, right, speaks to the crowd as Denise McNerney and W&J football players look on Sunday at “Stop the Violence” at Strabane Square, South Strabane Township. Police recently arrested three suspects in the October 2012 killing of Timothy McNerney, a W&J football player who was assaulted while walking back to campus.

A memorial for Vinnie “Mystro” Kelley stands near the spot where he was slain. Kelley died in June while trying to stop a suspected bank robber outside the Giant Eagle at Strabane Square in South Strabane Township.

Hundreds of balloons fill the sky at a “Stop the Violence” event in honor of Vinnie “Mystro” Kelley held in the Giant Eagle parking lot at Strabane Square, South Strabane Township, where he was fatally shot in June. The event was attended by a number of community members who have been affected by violence, including the family of Vaughn Simonelli, who was shot in October 2012 in the parking lot of Shop ‘n Save in Washington. Denise McNerney, mother of Timothy McNerney, the Washington & Jefferson College football player killed in an altercation in October 2012 in downtown Washington, also attended the event along with members of the W&J football team.