Dozens attend dance-filled celebration for young dancer killed in Bishop Ford crash

Source Chicago Tribune
Original Load Date Feb. 21, 2026, 8 p.m.
Last Updated Feb. 21, 2026, 8 p.m.
Original URL https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/21/balloons-release-for-boy-17-killed-in-car-crash/

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Nearly a hundred people attended a vigil at a South Side elementary school for the 17-year-old dancer who was killed in a car accident early Thursday morning. Friends, teachers, fellow dancers and relatives of Boaz Flemister gathered at Warren School in the Calumet Heights neighborhood, where he gr...