By Logan Wells, News Director | Logan@kymnradio.net
Contributions by Maya Betti, Executive Editor of the St. Olaf Messenger
On Friday, last week, Matthew Lee, a student at St. Olaf College, was killed in South St. Paul. According to KSTP News, police were called to a report in South St. Paul on Friday, where they found Lee and another man who were suffering from gunshot wounds.
Lee was a Junior at St. Olaf and a member of the football team. Lee was praised for always having a smile on his face and being happy.
On Friday evening, members of the St. Olaf community gathered on campus at Boe Chapel to hold a vigil in memory of Lee. Friends, teammates, coaches, and community members each took the opportunity to light a candle in Lee’s memory, and the college’s Pastors offered prayers.
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In a statement given to the St. Olaf Messenger, Head Coach of the Football Team, James Kilian said, “Matt was a great kid, a great person,” Kilian said. “In all my dealings with him, what attracted me to him, the type of person he was, the things he had to overcome in his own life for even St. Olaf to be an option for him, you just knew he had the grit that it was going to take.”
A GoFundMe has been established to help support Lee’s family.
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