"He was an excellent kid, outstanding, he was above and beyond with school, with his family everything he did - that was my brother," said Najmaldeen, as he was choking back tears. "I don't know what you want me to tell you, but we just want justice for him, and if anyone has any information about it, just reach out and help us. We want justice for my brother."
"Please put yourself in our position," began Raid Elwaseem, the uncle of Bandar. "He was a young kid, an honor student, a great kid - just home watching TV and we have to bury him. I wish that on no one. If you hear anything or you see anything, please help us. We never imagined that we'd be standing here. We see these things on TV, but you never think that you're going to be the person that get the bullets into your living room and into your house."
"If you see something, say something," said Giles. "It's important, and that is the thing that is going to have the most dramatic effect in terms of reducing violence in this community, is the fact that the perpetrators of such violence know that they're not going to get away, know that the community is not afraid to tell on them."
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