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An emotional Andrea Amos, sister of Mikhail, at the memorial service in Parkwood for her brother. (Photo: Brenton Geach)
Just behind the door of this small dwelling in Hillview near Lavender Hill was where three-year-old Liam Petersen was killed. (Photo: Brenton Geach)
Friends of Mikhail (Ballackie) Amos shout his name as they walk to his memorial service in Parkwood, which drew a few hundred people. Mikhail, a talented soccer player from Steenberg, was killed in a drive-by shooting in Parkwood on Saturday evening. (Photo: Brenton Geach)