SAN ANTONIO – Crowds gathered Tuesday to hold a vigil for the 34-year-old mother who was killed before her baby was taken on Monday.
The group gathered at the same place April Russell was killed -- a Northeast Side apartment complex near 410 and Starcrest.
Candles were lit and flowers were left in front of pictures of Russell, who was a mother of three.
"All these people who are here show you she was a good, caring person with a great heart," April Russell's uncle, Quincy Russell, said. "She had a heart just like my mom did -- a great heart."
Police said April Russell's ex, Adrian Hardeman, broke through a window, shot her in the back room and left with the child.
The baby was later found safe at a home on Wycliff Drive. That child and Russell's two other children are now in Child Protective Services custody.
Hardeman was killed in Gonzalez County Monday night. The Department of Public Safety said troopers saw Hardeman armed with a gun and they opened fire.
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