'Adorable' boy, 8, mourned after Boston Marathon blasts

Lisa Robinson, Kimmarie Keane, Kim Daly and Shiovan Ross, left to right, take part in a vigil on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, in Dorchester, Mass., for the family of 8-year-old Martin Richard, who was killed in the Boston Marathon bombing. The women went to high school with Martin's mother, Denise Richard, who was also injured in the blast.

A grieving Boston community filled a park late Tuesday where a local boy who was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings once played, sending prayers to the family and the neighborhood child as they held candles, joined in prayer and sang “God Bless America.”

Martin Richard, 8, was standing by the finish line with his family Monday afternoon when an explosion tore through the area, killing him and two others, and injuring 176. Richard's mother, Denise, suffered a brain injury and his 6-year-old sister, Jane, reportedly lost a leg. His father, Bill, has asked well-wishers to keep the family in their prayers.
Several hundred mourners gathered in Garvey Park did just that. Pastor John Connolly of St. Brendan's Church led them in prayer and said they had come with “hearts full of sorrow and sadness.”