Hundreds gather at vigil for boxer Ed Brown

Hundreds of people gathered at the Garfield Park fieldhouse Tuesday night in honor of slain Chicago boxer Ed "Bad Boy" Brown, who was fatally shot near his home on the West Side early Saturday.

Assembled on the lawn outside the fieldhouse's "golden dome," Brown's family, teammates and coaches, along with crisis responders and clergy members, celebrated Brown's memory and called for justice for his shooter.

Brown, 25, was sitting in a parked vehicle with a 19-year-old woman about 1:10 a.m. Saturday in the 3200 block of West Warren Boulevard when a silver vehicle pulled up and someone inside shot at them, Chicago Police said.

Brown, who was 20-0 in his career, was shot in the head, and the woman was shot in the left leg. Both were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital. Authorities said the woman's condition was good.

To begin the vigil, the Rev. Saeed Richardson, of Greater Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church, led a prayer. He said reaction to Brown's death has spurred a range of emotions.

"It's a fire that calls on us to not just honor him through our tears, but also to honor and remember him through our rage. Through our rage and our frustration," Richardson said. "We will not rest compliant. We will not rest complacent with letting things like this happen."

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