Family, friends say goodbye to hair stylist killed in River North mass shooting: 'She was beautiful'
Relatives said Taylor Walker is the second child her mother has lost to gun violence.
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Family and friends gathered to say goodbye to Taylor Walker on Tuesday.
She was one of the four people who died in a mass shooting outside a River North nightclub.
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The drive-by shooting happened on July 2 on West Chicago Avenue.
The 26-year old hairstylist's family gathered at a church to remember her loving spirit and kind nature.
"First of all, she was beautiful," said Stacy Brinson, Walker's aunt. "She was intelligent. Smart, funny, you know, big sister, backbone to her mother."
St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church on South Halsted was awash with pink, Walker's favorite color, as a tribute.
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"There's a lot of grief going on right now, but God is good. God is good," said family friend Robert Jefferson.
Friends said she had gone to the Artis Restaurant and Lounge for an album release party for her good friend, Chicago rapper Mello Buckzz.
"I just want really want her to get justice for the whole situation and everything that happened. It's very unfortunate," said Kendale Ellzey, Walker's cousin.
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Relatives said Walker is the second child her mother has lost to gun violence.
"The violence is overwhelming. Taylor was a very loved individual and very outgoing, very ambitious and very well liked, and so this is a very sad day for everyone, especially the city of Chicago," said Lisa Betts-Diggs, Walker's elementary school teacher. "The violence has to stop somewhere."
Buckzz released a statement about her friends' passing, saying in a social media post that her heart is heavy for those lost, those wounded and those whose spirit has been broken.
"I carry a heavy heart, knowing so many lives were affected. My heart aches for the lives, lost, for those who are healing from physical and emotional wounds, and for the spaces and spirits that may never be the same again," Buckzz said.
Chicago police continue to investigate the attack, but so far, no arrests have been made.
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