" my heart has joined the thousand,for my friend has stoped running today"-watership down

I found out via the evening news, a friend of mine from military school was murdered. I-wish- I was making this up.It's not fucking fair. I can't believe I am crying so hard over someone who I only saw once after graduation. It was a residential program though and when you are with someone every day, bonds form. I have thought often about the soft spoken boy with the fancy red airwalks. This is not how his story was suposed to end....on top of it all, this month is the 18th aniversary of graduation.