Hundreds show up for celebration of life honoring murdered 13-year-old

Hundreds showed up for a celebration of life honoring a 13-year-old boy who was murdered one week ago.

No arrests have been made in the murder that happened last Sunday around 11:30 a.m. in Mattapan.

Tyler Lawrence, who lived in Norwood and attended Coakley Middle School, was staying at his grandparent’s house when it happened.

He was out for a morning walk when he was shot multiple times near Babson and Fremont Streets.

People have been rallying around Tyler’s mother, grandparents and other relatives since then.

So many people showed up to Lawrence’s memorial that some had to be turned away after it concluded.

The line wrapped around the parking lot and down the sidewalk at Norwood’s Rama Center.

“I never in my wildest dreams knew that Tyler touched so many people,” said grandfather Stanley Lawrence. “I wish everybody could’ve been able to come inside. The amount of people who came. I’ll never forget this in my life.”

Grandfather Stanley Lawrence said the family continues to deal with the raw emotions of the tragedy without knowing who murdered Tyler or why.