Over 1,000 people gathered on Saturday to remember Tevin Park-Flowers, a seven-year-old boy who was found unconscious hanging from a hook in the school’s bathroom and died two days later, on February 1st, of cardiac arrest.

The mourning took place at Mount Zion Baptist Church, where family, friends and colleagues came to say goodbye from Tevin, after his tragic and mysterious death shocked the entire community.

Tevin was a member of the football team and in his memory, Leo Dawson, who represented the team, said his jersey will be retired, and moreover, an academic award program will be given his name from now on.

“We’re going to retire his number. All the players here at Delwood will wear his number on their shoulder and their helmet,” said Leo Dawson, president of the Delwood Northeast Optimist Football League, kbmt12.com reported.

Football teams all across the state have sent their condolences, and all his friends said they will miss him terribly. The school principal said the school won’t be the same without Tevin.

Police and school investigators are still trying to figure out what happened at the scene. A spokesperson for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services also said that they were getting involved in the investigation, for as long as there will be suspicions of abuse of school neglect.

Investigators still don’t know how the seven-year-old got suspended from that hook. Following the incident, the school officials said they’ve removed the hooks from the restrooms. Unfortunately, that came too late for little Tevin.

As the investigation continues, most people say Tevin couldn’t have ended up hanging from that hook on his own, but if this was either an unfortunate bad joke or an intentional homicide, police will have to give the verdict.