A pair of black high-top sneakers, a bouquet of flowers and several candles mark the place where Lackawanna College student Rahsan "Duke" Crowder was gunned down Sunday.
It is also the point where the Lackawanna College and University of Scranton campuses meet.
And on Thursday, more than 100 staff, students and supporters from both schools lit candles, wore Lackawanna College blue and walked in silence to the memorial on Vine Street.
Hundreds of footsteps on the asphalt were the only sound that broke the quiet.
Mr. Crowder, 22, of Harrisburg, was pronounced dead at the hospital Sunday morning after the shooting. Police filed charges against two men on Thursday.
University of Scranton senior Shernai Bentley, 22, of Warwick, N.Y., attended a memorial at Lackawanna College Monday to support the "Scranton family," but she was disappointed by how few students from the university attended.
"We need to be together. We need to have some sort of camaraderie," she said. "As a Jesuit university, we are men and women for others."
She and fellow university student Kim Monestime, 20, of West Orange, NJ, approached administrators at the University of Scranton and organized the effort.
"I know his mom must be feeling heartache," Ms. Monestime said. "People come to places like Scranton and don't expect anything like that."
Both women hoped the vigil would build the community bonds between the two colleges.
"Let's learn to get along. Let's learn to love," said the Rev. Rick Malloy, S.J., vice president of university missions and ministry at the University of Scranton.
Lackawanna College President Mark Volk called the gathering a "sign of solidarity."
"Our goal is for you to graduate. Our goal is for you to go home every semester," he said to the group. "This needs to be the beginning of building a very close bond between our institutions."
Officials from both schools addressed the group in between prayer and songs, asking that the campus community join together.
"It's still a sad occasion, but it is a beautiful opportunity for two sets of dynamic and fantastic people to bond together to make sure that it is as preventable as possible," said Paul Porter, Ph.D., director of multicultural affairs at the University of Scranton.
As the crowd dispersed, several stopped to embrace tear-streaked Lackawanna College student Brittany Purrington. Ms. Purrington, 21, of Scranton, was a friend of "Duke" and said the event was "good but sad."
"It showed how much he was liked, even though some people might not have known him," she said.
Walking back toward the University of Scranton campus with tears in her eyes, Ms. Bentley said she had initially hesitated to organize the walk but was glad she had.
"I just hope this will open everyone's eyes, stop the judgment between the two schools and we'll accept each other," she said. "This is the time we need to hold each other up."
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