Antwon Rose II birthday celebration

James McCoy, from North Braddock, a friend of Antwon Rose II, looks through Antwon’s yearbook during the Antwon Rose II Community Birthday Celebration at Hawkins Village on Thursday July 12, 2018, in Rankin. The event featured food, vendors, bounce houses, live performances and held a free book-bag giveaway for 250 youth. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)
A group of young kids and adults have their photo taken during theAntwon Rose II Community Birthday Celebration Thursday, July 12, 2018, at Hawkins Village in Rankin. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)
Izzabella Wadsworth, 4, watches as the birthday cake for Antwon Rose II, who was shot and killed by an East Pittsburgh Police Officer in June, is cut at the end of the Antwon Rose II Community Birthday Celebration Thursday, July 12, 2018, at Hawkins Village in Rankin. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)
Zoey Flowers, 8, of Rankin, left, eats ice cream as she talks to Tristine Collins, 14, of Braddock, center, and Ricky Reynolds, 6, of Braddock, right, during the Antwon Rose II Community Birthday Celebration Thursday, July 12, 2018, at Hawkins Village in Rankin. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)
Hawkins Village neighbors grill burgers and chicken wings for guests gathered to celebrate the Antwon Rose II Community Birthday Celebration Thursday, July 12, 2018, at Hawkins Village in Rankin. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)
Friends, family, and community members release balloons while singing Happy Birthday during the Antwon Rose II Community Birthday Celebration at Hawkins Village on Thursday July 12, 2018, in Rankin. Rose was unarmed but killed by an East Pittburgh Police Officer last month. He would have been 18 years old Thursday. The event featured food, vendors, bounce houses, live performances and held a free book-bag giveaway for 250 youth. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette via AP)
Samaria Rice, the Mother of Tamir Rice who was killed by a Cleveland Police officer in 2014, left, embraces Michelle Kenney, Antwon Rose’s II mother, right, after she spoke to the crowd about her experience of losing her son 4 years ago during the Antwon Rose II Community Birthday Celebration at Hawkins Village on Thursday July 12, 2018, in Rankin. The event featured food, vendors, bounce houses, live performances and held a free book-bag giveaway for 250 youth. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)
Michelle Kenney, Antwon Rose’s II mother, left, holds her granddaughter Kychelle Dudley, Antwon Rose II niece, right, as they watch balloons float into the sky during the singing of Happy Birthday for Antwon during the Antwon Rose II Community Birthday Celebration at Hawkins Village on Thursday July 12, 2018, in Rankin. The event featured food, vendors, bounce houses, live performances and held a free book-bag giveaway for 250 youth. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)

 

Casino Stax of Edgewood, 31, attends the Antwon Rose II Community Birthday Celebration Thursday, July 12, 2018, at Hawkins Village in Rankin. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)