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Vigil held for shooting victim

Evansville Police are seeking your help as they look for suspects in the shooting death of 24-year-old Eric Brookins. He was shot from a car at Walnut and Garvin early Saturday.

Memorial Baptist Church is just east of where Brookins was killed, and a crowd of more than 100 gathered for a vigil.

The Rev. Adrian Brooks prayed for an end to violence in the city.

Brookins was shot while riding a bicycle, after his friend – also on a bike -- “flipped off” occupants of a car that had made a disparaging remark.

The Vanderburgh County Coroner says Brookins was wounded twice, and died at the scene.