BITTER BURIAL : HUNDREDS ASK WHY DID BOY DIE SO YOUNG.Byline: Luz Villarreal Daily News Staff Writer Why? That was the question many asked Friday when they gathered for the funeral of 11-year-old Paul Alex Youhanian, who was fatally shot last week in his mother's mini-van. ``There are many occasions in life and death which make us cry why,'' the Rev. Emanuel Isho told the standing-room-only crowd at St. Paul St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery Assyrian Chaldean Catholic Church  The Chaldean Catholic Church aka the Chaldean Church of Babylon (Arabic: , where Paul attended. ``Paul's death is one such occasion. Why did it have to happen in this way? We feel betrayed by God. Why have you allowed this to happen?'' More than 400 dark-clad grieving friends and family members filed into the small church to say good-bye to a boy described as ``bright, loving and a perfect friend.'' They sobbed openly and comforted one another as Isho called for whoever fired the bullet into the passing mini-van to step forward. ``Today we all cry out and shout aloud, `Who is responsible for Paul's death? The only ones to blame here are irresponsible people who have no respect or value for human life, . . . people who never learned to love.'' Police believe a random bullet hit Paul in the head Saturday on Sherman Way as he was being driven to his Valencia home by his mother, Carmen Carmen throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] See : Faithlessness Carmen the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr. Oshana. Police still had no leads on the shooting Friday afternoon and are hoping the city's and county's combined $35,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the boy's killer will help. After the church services, a long procession of cars followed the hearse carrying Paul's body to Forest Lawn Forest Lawn is the name of a number of different places:
As they waited for his casket to be carried to its burial plot, mourners demanded justice and called for tougher gun control laws. Emmanuel Thomas, a friend of Paul's stepfather, angrily turned to a reporter, pointed to the hillside scene of sobbing loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl and said, ``Make sure the police chief gets this picture. All we hear is talk. We have to get tough on these gangs. All these people are here not because they are relatives. They are angry.'' But right now, finding the shooter will do little to comfort Paul's father, said Marlene Nahapelian, a close friend of the boy's family. ``I talked to the father,'' she said, ``and he told me, `I don't care
"Don't Care" is a 1994 (see 1994 in music) single by American death metal band Obituary. if they find him because my son is gone.' '' Walter Ebrahimzadeh, a close friend of the boy's father, Sargon ``Benny'' Youhanian, said Paul was interested in aviation and wanted to be a pilot like his father. ``This kid had a future,'' he said. ``It's a big waste to our community. He was pretty loved by everyone.'' Paul's parents, who are divorced, did not want to talk to the media. At Forest Lawn, Oshana sobbed and hung her head. She looked up only when her son's casket was lowered into the ground. Then, one by one, mourners took turns throwing dirt on top of the coffin as a sign of Paul's body returning to soil. Paul's classmate Richie Rodriguez, 11, attended the services and said he, too, was angry at the senseless shooting. ``I still can't believe that one of my best friends is gone,'' he said after the services. ``He didn't deserve to die. Whoever did it is stupid. (Paul) was a perfect friend.'' A memorial fund has been set up in Paul's name. Donations should be made to Bank of America
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CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Paul Youhanian's mother, Carmen Oshana, is comforted by her husband, Fred Eddy. Gus Ruelas/Daily News |
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