As the family of 14-year-old Ángel Miguel Mendoza Hernández grieve for him after he was fatally stabbed in a brutal gang assault during daylight hours in a packed Williamsbridge Oval park in Norwood on Tuesday, Aug. 5, and as two people remain unapprehended, one young person said local youth plan to protect themselves, having seemingly lost faith that the police will do so.

Miguel Mendoza, Ángel’s brokenhearted father who lives with his family in Norwood said they are “destroyed.” Norwood News asked Mendoza what his son, who had just turned 14 in June, was like as a young child. Speaking in Spanish, he said, “A good person, a marvel, a quiet little boy, friendly. He never had a problem with anyone. He was a child who got on easily with others and was very friendly. He was very smiley

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