This story about a gay teen killed by a classmate was covered in Los Angeles, and gained national attention when Ellen Degeneres discussed it on her show.

This link shows where and when vigils are going to take place. They are still happening! It is never too late.
http://www.rememberinglawrence.org/

This link is for the Ellen show and includes a short video clip from her show. There are also several links to organizations which always need volunteers.
http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2008/02/a_tragedy_that_should_never_ha.php

From Mtv News

“15-year-old Lawrence “Larry” King was shot in the head at the E.O. Green School in Oxnard, California, reportedly for being gay. He was in the eighth grade. ... King’s killer, 14-year-old Brandon McInerney, apparently targeted the student because [King] was openly gay… has been charged with murder and the commission of a hate crime, will be tried as an adult, which means he could face 50 years to life in prison if convicted.”
The lives of the King family and the McInerney family as well as everyone who has been touched by this have been forever altered by something that should never have happened.

From Los Angeles Times

An Oxnard junior high student who was shot in the head by a classmate earlier this week was declared brain dead Wednesday, and the 14-year-old male suspect now faces a first-degree murder charge, authorities said.

Lawrence King, 15, was declared brain dead by two neurosurgeons about 2 p.m. at St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Oxnard, said Craig Stevens, senior deputy Ventura County medical examiner. King’s body remains on a ventilator for possible organ donation, he said. He was shot early Tuesday in a classroom at E.O. Green Junior High School.

UPDATE: Since this article was published, Lawrence King was removed from life support and his organs were harvested for donation.

Authorities initially believed that King was improving. But the boy’s condition worsened early Wednesday, and he was placed on a ventilator a few hours later with his family nearby, said an official, who asked not to be named.

David Keith, an Oxnard police spokesman, said the family would have no comment and asked the media to respect their privacy.

Police said the suspect, whose identity was not disclosed because of his age, shot King at least twice at the beginning of the school day and then fled the campus. The boy was apprehended by police a few blocks away and is being held in Juvenile Hall. He is scheduled to appear in court today.

Ventura County Dist. Atty. Gregory Totten said prosecutors would decide whether the case should remain in Juvenile Court after reviewing the police investigation. Under state law, prosecutors can ask the court to try the suspect as an adult, he said. “In all probability he will be charged in adult court,” Totten said.

Police have not determined a motive in the slaying but said it appeared to stem from a personal dispute between King and the suspect.

Keith and Totten declined to elaborate.

But several students at the south Oxnard campus said King and his alleged assailant had a falling out stemming from King’s sexual orientation.

The teenager sometimes wore feminine clothing and makeup, and proclaimed he was gay, students said.

“He would come to school in high-heeled boots, makeup, jewelry and painted nails — the whole thing,” said Michael Sweeney, 13, an eighth-grader. “That was freaking the guys out.”

Read the full story here.