Family, friends and community members held a vigil in downtown Sacramento on Monday night to honor the victims of last weekend's mass shooting.
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Several hundred people held candles as they heard from speakers calling for change like Jackie Henderson, who lost his cousin, Sergio Harris, in the tragedy.
"A change has to start. When the hell are we going to let it start?" Henderson said. "When are we going to get up off our couches, off our butts, off our phones and start doing something?"
"Ain't nobody bringing Sergio back. I don't get to go kick it with my cousin tomorrow."
Harris was one of six people killed early Sunday morning when more than 100 shots were fired on K Street. A pair of suspects, two brothers, have been arrested in the days since the massacre. The investigation remains ongoing.
"This is what we have to change," Henderson said. "We can't come up to here anymore and have vigils and sit back and say it's not going to happen again."
Activist Barry Accius welcomed Henderson's emotional remarks.
"We need real raw emotions to change what we are too comfortable looking at everyday when it comes to this city," said.
Mayor Darrell Steinberg pledged to increase funding to benefit youth, fight homelessness and mental health.
"You can get a room if you have a heart problem and you are rushed to the emergency room and you need a stent," Steinberg said. "But you'll lie out in a gurney in the middle of a hallway if you’re in the midst of a psychiatric crisis."
He said local leaders are committed to "doing all we can to end the stain of violence not only in our community but throughout the state, throughout the country and throughout the world because the national spotlight is on us for the moment."
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