RIP Cory "C-Bear" Hargrow

On March 8th, 21-year-old Cory "C-Bear" Hargrow became the first Alexandria homocide victim of 2005, shot in the chest by his childhood friend, Eric F. Jones. Jones was arrested at Hargrow's funeral on N. Columbus St., where just a few minutes prior, he had been crying over Cory's casket.

I knew C-Bear. Not like "knew him, knew him", but I played basketball with him several times, and we chilled with some of the same guys. Growing up in this area, you often know people by what high school they went to. Cory was "one of those T.C. Williams dudes". He seemed like a cool cat, with a good head on his shoulders. I was surprised when I read about his death, just because he wasn't the kind of guy to cause problems. I talked to some of the people I know, and got the gist of what happened. Truly unnecessary.

My condolences to his family and friends.

RIP.