James Gamble funeral service held near Halifax
Sign of support posted in a Halifax snowbank
Family and friends of James Lee Rushton Gamble gathered at a funeral home in Upper Tantallon Saturday to remember the 19-year-old, not as a suspect who allegedly helped plan a shooting spree, but as a young man who loved music, movies and cats.
Just before 11 a.m., mourners arrived at Ronald A. Walker Funeral Home on the Peggys Cove Road.
His obituary appeared in Thursday's edition of the Chronicle Herald newspaper. It said his family was remembering him as an affectionate young man and a chubby-cheeked, freckled-faced little boy who was full of questions beyond his years.
Gamble was found dead over a week ago after police surrounded his home in Timberlea.
He's one of three people police suspect were behind an alleged shooting conspiracy to open fire at Halifax Shopping Centre on Valentine's Day.
The other two suspects, Lindsay Kanittha Souvannarath, a 23-year-old from Geneva, Ill., and Randall Steven Shepherd, 20, of Halifax made their first court appearance this week. They have not asked for bail and are scheduled to return to court in March.
Halifax police say they got the tip of the alleged plot through Crime Stoppers.
A friend of Gamble's who spoke to CBC this week, said he was bullied and she wished he got more support.
Maggie Gagnon, says she met Gamble in Grade 6, but he started to change once he started high school.
On Saturday, Gamble is getting support from an anonymous source. Someone stuck a sign in a snowbank near the corner of North Street and Robie Street in Halifax.
It reads "RIP James Gamble. Aug. 6, 1995 Feb. 12, 2015. 19 y.o., Timberlea, N.S. Victim of bullying."
In lieu of flowers, Gamble's family is asking donations be made to an animal charity in his name.