This is so shocking. We head more towards a police state whent these things occur
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With her father by her side, Bianca Salinas yesterday placed a red rose on a makeshift memorial in the grass near the corner of Idaho and White streets in East Toledo, where a 19-year-old man was fatally shot Friday night.
Kenneth Kimble, of 721 Raymer Blvd., who his family and friends knew as Kenny, was shot once in the torso and died shortly after arriving at St. Charles Mercy Hospital. The bullet pierced his heart, Dr. Maneesha Pandey, a Lucas County deputy coroner, said.
"I don't know why this had to happen," said John Salinas, who often played basketball with Mr. Kimble and his younger brother Shannon. They were friends of his daughter.
"I am totally lost and confused. It hasn't sunk in yet."
The shooting occurred just outside the St. Thomas Aquinas Church Festival about 10:10 p.m. after Mr. Kimble and another man apparently began fighting, police said.
Mr. Kimble lived about a block from where he was shot.
Mr. Salinas said he had spoken with Mr. Kimble earlier in the night at the festival.
Toledo police Detective Bob Schroeder said there are varying accounts of what occurred before the shooting.
Several witnesses have reported that there were about five or six black males on one side of the street and about a dozen Hispanic males on the other.
"Some witnesses have said it was gang-related," the detective said, stressing he could not make that conclusion at this point.
Detective Schroeder said the street was "wall to wall" with people when the shooting occurred, sending people running and screaming in panic.
"It was mayhem," he said.
No one has been arrested in connection with the shooting.
Tyler Kimble said his older brother, who played basketball at Waite High School, had aspirations of playing professionally.
He idolized Yao Ming, a center for the Houston Rockets who averages 22 points a game.
