Memorial For Man Slain In Mardi Gras Riot

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By By Leslie Knopp

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Family, friends, cops gather to pay respects.

Story Published: Mar 8, 2001 at 4:22 AM PDT

Story Updated: Aug 31, 2006 at 12:27 AM PDT

Memorial For Man Slain In Mardi Gras Riot
KING COUNTY - Seattle police officers joined mourners for a young man killed during last week's Mardi Gras riots.

Hundreds of people honored 20-year-old Kristopher Kime at a service Wednesday night at Evergreen High School south of Seattle.

Kime was beaten while trying to help someone who had fallen during the riot.

"He was helping someone who needed help, they didn't ask for it. But he gave it and that makes me proud," said Kim Kime, Kristopher's mother.

She pleaded with the crowd to help find her son's killer.

The dozen Seattle police officers who were there in Pioneer Square the night he died. Kris's father Ken Kime told them, "I appreciate the police officers who showed up from Seattle -- thank you very much."

A friend who was there when Kris died admits he saw people all around him assaulted and robbed.

"But I kept walking and that's hard for me to admit. But Kris did what we all know was the right thing to do. He stopped to help a complete stranger in need and he paid the ultimate price for it," said Jason Brand.

His family had a final message: remember Kris and stop it from happening again.

"We must stop this unnecessary violence that is going on," said his mother.

Since the disturbances in the Pioneer Square district, police have arrested nearly 30 people. But no one has been arrested in Kime's killing.

Antioch Bible Church in Redmond has offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of Kime's killer.