Coaches, families gather in Ferguson to honor man killed at youth football game

FERGUSON, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Coaches, children and parents gathered at Forestwood Park in Ferguson Wednesday to honor a man killed in a shooting at a youth football game and discuss ways to prevent future violence.

The shooting in Madison, Illinois, left 64-year-old Steve Smith dead. Three people have been charged in connection with the case.

The group discussed concerns about safety at youth sporting events and the wider impact of violence on families.

“It’s not only just that family that it touched, man,” Shuvez Williams, a youth football coach, said. “So now, even the individuals who, you know, they say that they found these guys, that family is affected as well, man. So it’s a whole 360, where everybody’s family is affected by this. So I believe just getting it right and doing the right thing is what’s going to help us all.”