Following the last day of school at Botello Elementary on Friday, the community gathered to grieve rather than celebrate summer, one day after 9-year-old Jose Garcia Ledesma was killed .

“It felt cloudy and rainy, even though the sun was out,” said kindergarten teacher Yuri Ellet.

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Along with staff, classmates and neighbors laid candles, flowers and toys near the site of Thursday’s crash.

Dallas police say the family was hit by a pickup truck while crossing Marsalis Avenue around 3:30 p.m.

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Ledesma’s mother, Deyaneira Ledesma, told NBC5, while they weren’t in a marked crossing, she looked both ways. She said they didn’t see it com

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