Slain liquor store clerk Kavader McKibben remembered at vigil
Mother: ‘I wish I could’ve taken that bullet for my son...I just want justice for my child. And I want the violence to stop.’
Alvin “A.J.” Jones remembers Kavader McKibben as a star basketball player, skilled at every position on the court, and one of the warmest and most giving persons he’s ever known. The 21-year-old liquor store clerk who was shot and killed during a Friday night armed robbery could always make Jones laugh.
Le’Bryan Wilkerson, another longtime pal of McKibben’s, smiles between tears.
“He was goofy, he was playful,” Wilkerson says. “It’s just sad.”
More than 200 Atlantans, including Mayor-elect Kasim Reed, gathered on Monday night outside the Moreland Package liquor store where McKibben was killed to remember his life — and urge each other to unite as a community to help end violent crime.