In tribute to slain dance coach Verndell Smith, bundles of balloons released to the sky at spot where he was shot
For a moment, the amount of red and orange balloons lurching in the breeze late Saturday morning behind a Park Manor coffee shop was so great that it appeared the sky was aflame. The balloons were gripped by a crowd of at least 200 people, waiting for the cue from Verndell “Scotty” Smith III, the 10-year-old son of a beloved dance coach who was killed in a shooting earlier this week where they ...