Family, friends say farewell to Hyde Park student killed at bus stop

On Thursday, about 40 of the boy’s relatives and friends gathered at a balloon release near the scene of the shooting, struggling to make sense of the violent act.

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Family says farewell to Hyde Park student killed: ‘I thought I was gonna get to go to a graduation’

Eric Billops was standing at a bus stop Wednesday as Hyde Park Academy High School was letting out for the day when witnesses told police another person in a school uniform came up to him, took a gun out of a book bag and started to fire.

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