Shyanne Charles

Afifa Charles Dept: TORONTO - Family and friends of the teenaged girl killed in the crossfire of a shooting rampage wore white to her funeral on Saturday and reflected on her life through songs, poetry and memories, according to Winnipeg Free Press. "This is the last step," he said. "This is joy, everybody has peace of mind today. She's in the heavens, this is the last journey." Afifa Charles, mother of shooting victim Shyanne Charles, walks into the funeral service for her daughter outside of Highland funeral home in Toronto on Saturday, July 28, 2012. The fourteen-year-old was caught in a cross-fire which left two dead and 23 injured during a community barbecue in east-end Toronto on July 16. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michelle Siu The idea behind wearing white to Shyanne Charles' funeral was to symbolize the 14-year-old's innocence and purity, said her grandfather Tyrone Charles, who described the service at an east-end Toronto chapel as one of positive remembrance of a granddaughter he described as an "angel." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.