A 15-year-old was brutally gunned down at Desert Sky Mall this week.
His accused killer, Daymond Hayes, is now behind bars. Family and friends, meanwhile, remember Anthony Castillo
“He was always funny. Good heart good soul,” said one friend.
“He liked to play with people but we all knew his intentions were good,” said another classmate.
“He always liked making people laugh. He always liked bringing his sister to the park,” said his aunt, Erica.
Detectives say the 15-year-old got into some sort of confrontation at Desert Sky Mall with Daymond Hayes.
“He went to go buy some Air Forces,” said Erica.
Witnesses say the 28-year-old convicted felon was unprovoked before he punched the teen, then shot him in the head.
“To be able to go to the mall. You're 15 years old, and you get shot in the face. That shows [what] the world has come [to],” said one teen.
“And it broke my heart, he didn't deserve to pass away,” said another young girl.
“He was just a good kid. I got to see him grow up to be a good young man,” said Inez Franklin, Director of the Vernell Coleman Community Center.
Franklin knew Anthony since he was six-years-old and said she was looking forward to him growing old.
“All the kids to go up here they always come back and tell me how they're doing. They show me their diploma or their baby,” she said.
Anthony will never have that chance though.
He was murdered before ever getting his driver's license. His friends and family will forever Be grieving the kid with a big smile.
Anthony was not immediately declared deceased.
He was rushed to the hospital where doctors put him on a ventilator.
Family told ABC15 they were able to donate his organs Friday morning and say he will save at least five other lives.
