I lived downstairs from Tombol and his mother for 5 years in the late 90s while I was in middle school at Lab. I fondly remember a bunch of us neighborhood kids often playing soccer and pitching baseballs against the fence along the alley behind the Drexel apartments - Tombol, Preston, Andy...Tombol was always nice. I remember him once going over to Sammy's food to get fries for some of us who were a bit too young to venture out.
I'm deeply saddened to read about what happened to Tombol. From the other comments it seems like he grew up to be a great person. My condolences to his family. I hope the thugs who did this are brought to justice.
Fang - Arcadia, CA