Friends, family gather on 17 Avenue for walk to honour memory of Jackie Crazybull [Video]

Family and friends of Jackie Crazybull staged a walk along 17 Avenue S.W. Saturday to the same spot on the corner of 11 Street where her life was taken in 2007.

Crazybull, a mother, grandmother, sister and daughter, was killed in a random act of violence, one of five such attacks that took place that July night in 2007, but she was the only fatality.

Jackie Crazybull

Photos of three persons of interest were released, but no one has been charged with Crazybull’s murder.

The walk was a celebration that honoured Crazybull through song, prayer, stories and ceremony.

It included a traditional dance performed by her 22-year-old son Nathon, who was five when she died.

“To carry on her legacy is a big thing to me, because it’s a tragedy that happened that’s not yet been covered (resolved),” Nathon said. “It’s a big thing to me because she was my mom and …