Family, friends and Ghanaian community members gathered in Etobicoke Saturday morning to remember the life of Belinda Sarkodie, an innocent bystander killed in a July shooting in Hamilton.

Belinda Sarkodie was shot and killed on July 11 while waiting at a downtown Hamilton bus stop.

Her family in Manitoba and Ghana travelled to Ontario to finally put Sarkodie to rest – an event they never expected to be attending, said her uncle Paul Agyemang.

"What we would want is a good closure, a closure that our dear family member is given a befitting burial. A burial that we think is shocking to us. We're still in disbelief," he said.

Sarkodie was an "excellent" student, a "believer of god" and "a friend to everyone she came across," said Agyemang.

The family is now calling on the various levels

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