Hundreds assembled at a Sunday service at the church that was once attended by Silas O'Brien to mourn the 21-year-old victim of a brutal hit-and-run.
Friends and the brothers of the young man stood together, not saying a word, as they remembered O'Brien, who police say had been struck down by a white pickup truck that after running him and his friends off the road on Thursday morning.
"He was the most generous person," said one mourner to CTV News. "He always made you feel important, he made you feel like somebody, he just loved God with all his heart."
This was a difficult service for the pastor, Ed Byskal. His sermon was personal -- much of it directed to the youth in the audience.
Family and friends were shocked when O'Brien was clipped by a Ford F-250 on Thursday, and many suspected that road rage was a factor in the death.
On Saturday, police searched the house of Brent Parent, a man who owns a Ford F-250 and has a history of driving infractions. It is believed that he and another man were taken into custody and then later released.
"I sort of have peace that Silas is in heaven, and that I'll see him again," said one mourner.
Mourners, including his family, continue to visit the memorial where O'Brien was killed.
Pastor Byskal can't explain why it happened. He doesn't understand it. But he told the congregation that they have to have faith that this incident was meant to be.
No one, he said, should feel anger or animosity.
"I would pray that he wouldn't have to live with this guilt on his conscience for the rest of his life, but we just don't know what the outcome will be," said Byskal.
With a report from CTV British Columbia's St. John Alexander
