Candles lit up the night sky, as dozens of people walked together to remember Alexa Knodel, a 21-year old woman who was shot and killed in Penticton in June.

The vigil was held Saturday, on what would have been the young mother's 22nd Birthday.

“There is no family, that ever, ever thinks, that they will lose someone so young," said Barb Park, one of Kndoel's grandmothers.

"She has a young son. So her life in many ways was just beginning for her."

Dozens of people walked along Lakeshore Drive in Penticton, B.C., on Dec. 6 to remember Alexa Knodel. (Tiffany Goodwein/CBC )

Knodel was killed at her apartment along Lakeshore Drive on June 7. The case is being investigated as a homicide. RCMP say the investigation is ongoing but so far no charges have been laid.

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