{"id":911,"date":"2011-08-06T00:16:49","date_gmt":"2011-08-06T00:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/?p=911"},"modified":"2011-08-17T05:30:36","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T05:30:36","slug":"more-than-100-people-attend-vigil-for-slain-emeryville-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/?p=911","title":{"rendered":"More Than 100 People Attend Vigil for Slain Emeryville Student"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-912\" title=\"KTVY_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/KTVY_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"81\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More than 100 students and faculty attended a vigil at Emeryville Secondary School Monday night for slain 16-year-old student Najon Jackson, according to Emery Unified School District Superintendent Debbra Lindo.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson, who would have been a junior at the school this fall, was killed in a shooting in the 9300 block of Sunnyside Street in East Oakland at about 11:15 p.m. Saturday, according to Oakland police. They say they do not yet know the motive for the slaying.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson&#8217;s family members, who also participated in the vigil, asked the news media to respect their privacy and not attend, Lindo said.<\/p>\n<p>School board president Miguel Dwin said the fact that so many students attended the hastily organized vigil at a time when school is not in session shows how popular Jackson was.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was a cheery, bubbly kind of kid, and everyone liked him,&#8221; Dwin said.<\/p>\n<p>Lindo said she did not personally know Jackson because she has only been in her new post for three weeks but said she&#8217;s been told that &#8220;he was a bright student who had a promising future ahead of him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lindo said Jackson was interested in engineering, liked sports and was planning to try out for the varsity football team this fall.<\/p>\n<p>She said most students knew Jackson because he had been attending Emeryville schools since kindergarten even though he lived in Oakland, as he was an inter-district transfer student.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our hearts go out to his family, and our students are really affected by this,&#8221; Lindo said.<\/p>\n<p>She said counselors and psychologists were on hand at the school tonight to provide &#8220;social and emotional support&#8221; to students who are coping with Jackson&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p>The school &#8220;is a place where students can gather and be with caring adults during this difficult time,&#8221; Lindo said.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2011 by KTVU.com and Bay City News. 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