Video (00:54) : Friends and family of Nizzel George, the five-year-old killed by a stray bullet as he slept on his grandmother's couch, gathered at North Mississippi Regional Park one year after the child's death. The crowd celebrate life by bringing gifts to Rochelle Banks, Nizzel's mother who is expecting her second child as well as gathering to wish Nizzel's great grandmother a happy birthday.
Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau held hands with Rochelle Banks-Wowo during a joint celebration and remembrance at North Mississippi Regional Park in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
Banks-Wowo is the grandmother of Nizzel George. The day marked the one-year anniversary of the shooting death of 5-year-old Nizzel George.
Friends and family were also celebrating the 70th birthday of his great-grandmother Nancy Lee Banks and a baby shower for Nizzel's mother, Christina Banks.
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