They say Jason Mattison was witty and uplifting

We've mourned too many of our youth this week. This year, in fact. Slain because they are who they are. And with such brutality.

A West Baltimore church filled with family, friends, classmates and strangers Wednesday. They payed their respects to Jason Mattison, Jr., killed last week in a brutal attack that left him raped, gagged, stabbed repeatedly in the head and throat and shoved into a closet. He was 15-years-old. Police say a family friend, Dante Parrish, confessed to the killing.

But those that cared for Mattison chose to focus on who he was and not how his life ended. The Baltimore Sun says mourners "recalled Jason for his sharp, dry wit, chic clothes and uplifting demeanor." Jump to Baltimore Sun for more.

On Tuesday, a suspect was apprehended for the slaying of 19-year-old Puerto Rican man Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado.