Tribute to my Friend
 

Some of you may have heard about the shooting in Edmonton this past Sunday during the early morning. One of my closest friends Dave Persaud was one of the victims and some of his other friends made a tribute video. Thought I would share this and hope that this incident wakes all these kids out there who think violence and guns are "cool".

RIP Dave Randolph Persaud

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s5D8wwgUoo

Sorry to hear Chris :(

Thanks,

its so sad because he just got engaged 4 months ago and married 3 days before he left for edmonton. He was a best friend and brother to so many.....

Chris I'm so sorry that this happened to your friend. From his tribute he seemed like the type of guy you would call family rather than just a friend. May God be with you, the rest of his friends, his wife and his family.

May he RIP...:nonono:

Guns have never solved anything and I do hope that justice is served. :(

im am very sorry to hear this, if there is anything we or i can do for you to make this hard time any easier then just say the word man, it must be very hard to deal with this and you dont have to be alone on this one bro, we're all here together ONE LOVE

---- man sorry to hear, may he RIP.

Thanks everyone for the support, I really appreciate it. It is going to be tough dealing with this and im glad to hear people are there to support everyone effected by this tragedy. Dave was like family to everyone, his wife's sisters considered him a brother more than an in-law. I considered dave to be a brother type and he was always there whenever I needed him no matter what.

I am thinking of doing some commemorative Shirts, Drain plugs or something and raising money to help his family out with the costs of the funeral and such. If you guys have any ideas please let me know.

Sorry for your loss buddy. Edmonton is getting really bad for that stuff. It's never easy losing someone, especially in those circumstances.

That name has close meaning for me too. I grew up with a guy named Dave Persaud. Indian kid also. Back in grade 6 him and his sister were over at my house for my sister's birthday. His dad came and picked them up. That night his dad shot the kids, his wife, then himself.

Chris let me know what you need to be done for something like this. I would love to help out as I just read the article about him and how his wife forgave the shooters and how they just want to stop the violence.

damn chris sorry to hear, like stated above we are all here for you!

Terrible to hear........ sorry Chris

James

"...til the day we meet again face to face with a grin, in hell or heaven you my twin to the end, and i'ma miss u"

sorry to hear about your loss chris. my deepest condolonces goes out to his family...

Thanks again for all the support guys, its at times like these when we need to stand strong together and realize how uncertain and unfair life can be.

sorry to hear man

may he RIP

i heard about this thru a freind at work..i dunno if you know Avianne J. but apparently he left right after he got married to admonton, and barely got to enjoy his married life...

and i think she said this all happeend cause he was trying to break up a fight? so sad man...he didnt even do anything wrong

May he RIP

Sorry to hear :( Condolonces to the family.

Rest In Peace.

If you talk to Jay, send him my condolonces :(

Yeah Dave was married 3 days before he left for edmonton and his wife was going to join him next spring. He was trying to break-up a fight that broke out at the club because apparently the bouncers just let the fight go on for too long.

Saw an article on your friend in The Star today. My condolences to his friends and family. Got hurt doing the right thing....

So sorry to hear. There are some real pieces of human garbage out there that like to inflict pain and take lives just to show that they are powerful. It's so sad to see these days how every little punk kid thinks he is the most powerful thing to ever be and then for them to hide behind guns they think they are unstoppable.

I don't know if the killers were caught, but if they were/or eventually are...I hope they are put through hell and suffer for many many years to come because like i said, they are nothing more than pieces of human garbage.

Again, i'm so sorry to hear. I hate hearing of stories like this as it shows how society as a whole is just de-evolving.

Here is the news article in the paper which talks about the video etc.

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...l=969483202845

Thanks for the link. It's so sad to see good people die for nothing. All for trying to do something good.

I hope the killer gets what's coming to him.

rip.
hey chris, do you know Jay (Team Rukus) cause i think i saw him in the video. Stiles Motorsports i believe.

Yes I know Jay, Jay was Dave's best friend.

Just wanted to post up a few of the other videos that have been put up.

DAVE PERSAUD-FUNERAL SERVICE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHMA2agg9rk

To My Beloved Husband- Dave Randolph Persaud
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ij-eb91EiQ

Damn he was so young man why does this happen to the peace makers? i didnt know Dave but i watched the video and he looked like a fun laid back guy, how could a guy like this get caught up in a mess like that. Watching this video makes me realize that life is short and can end at any given moment, so live life to the fullest and enjoy it.
Sorry to hear man

so sad man. may he R.I.P

i know what it feels like to lose someone real close...really sorry....may he R.I.P

This sucks, I met Dave a few times, was a nice guy....

Wow I just watched the most recent videos and I actually started to tear up when his wife was talking about him. On a lighter note, did anyone notice how true of a West Indian Dave's family was...there's a gathering of some sort and they used a ping pong table for a table to put food on. I love seeing families like the one Dave had.

May he RIP and I do hope that his family and wife in time will be able to move on and find some justice.

Actually that wasnt Dave's wife but was the mother of a child who Dave and his wife would take out to the movies and stuff all the time. Dave's wife couldn't get up to read the letter she wrote to Dave so she had a close friend read it for her.

I think the ping pong table was at his Wife's house for his b-day but alot of the pictures in the videos are from his engagement and there is always TONS of food.

^^because when my brother and I were the video and they kept on zooming into the pics of her and Dave, we couldn't quite see her face as she reading so we just assumed it was her...again sorry for your loss Chris!

Sorry to hear about this man I hope you get the support you need through the tough times, I did not know this man but that doesnt matter what matters is another brown man's life is claimed to knuckle head voilence.

I truely am sickened by the voilence within the guyanese, indian, tamil, black etc etc community. I have seen over 5 people die within the last 2 years to mindless acts such as this the shooter should get life without a chance at parole.

I was wondering did he have family/cousins outside of the GTA(london, k-w) I presently attend U of W and over the years have seen a lot of Persauds in the area and I was just curious if he had fam outside of the GTA that you might know of?

I hope his fam gets through this man, his friends and you as well, the violenece definately has not dummed down in the brown community it's sad to see, people really need to educate the youngsters about the plague within their communities.

Thats sad.. sorry for your loss

RIP|

That's horrible man, may he rest in peace.