Crime & Safety
Funeral Held for Tendai Nhekairo
Friends use Twitter to share their feelings about the Campbell senior who was killed last week.
senior funeral was held Thursday morning at , nine days after a officer .
Nhekairo was naked and wielding two knives March 27 when he threatened police at theRiverside House Apartments and was killed, police say.
But the circumstances of the former football wide receiver's death weren't the focus for mourners Thursday. As , friends spent the day using social media to share memories of his life. The Storify storyabove captures some of those reactions to his death and his funeral.
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