TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2013 • WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY • WKUHERALD.COM • VOLUME 89 NO. 07
Tariq Shabazz holds a candle during a prayer in front of Pearce-Ford Tower on Friday, Sept. 13 to honor his son, Larry Thomas. "I can't even say that these arrests bring comfort," Shabazz said about suspects being taken into custody. "Now these parents will have to go without a son as well." Thomas was shot on Sept. 2 and died a day later at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. BRIAN POWERS/HERALD
To remember his
SON Campus mourns death of student BY JACOB PARKER NEWS@WKUHERALD.COM
Tariq Shabazz, father of Louisville freshman Larry Thomas, is at a loss for words. “Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that my son would come to school and lose his life,” Shabazz said. “You think about college as an institution of higher learning, not a correctional facility.” Shabazz spoke Friday night at a march from Cherry Hall to Pearce-Ford Tower in memory of his murdered son. It was the latest event in a still-unfolding saga, one that began two weeks ago. SEE THOMAS PAGE A3