Posted AT 5:12 AM EST on 01/06/07
Church overflowing for funeral of 'bright star'
To his friends and relatives, he was an artistic teenager with a fascination for snakes and pranks, who still sucked on his thumb at times - a star that burned out ahead of its time.
But to the hundreds of mourners who knew him little yet still showed up to celebrate his memory yesterday, Jordan Manners became an icon for the damage gun crime has wrought in their community.
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