Family, friends gather to remember Las Vegas boy killed in fire

Las Vegas Review-Journal

5 years ago

Sean Murray, left, and his mother Kathleen Wheeler, mourn his 6-year-old Gavin Murray Palmer, s ... — Sean Murray, left, and his mother Kathleen Wheeler, mourn his 6-year-old Gavin Murray Palmer, son of Sean and grandson of Kathleen, during a candlelight vigil in his memory at Centennial Hills Park in Las Vegas on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

Photos of Gavin Murray Palmer, who died in a house fire, during a candlelight vigil in his memory at Centennial Hills Park in Las Vegas on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

Sean Murray, far right, prays alongside family and friends during a candlelight vigil for his son, Gavin Murray Palmer, who died in a house fire at Centennial Hills Park in Las Vegas on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

Sean Murray holds a candle while remembering his son, Gavin Murray Palmer, who was lost in a house fire, during a candlelight vigil in his memory at Centennial Hills Park in Las Vegas on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

People hold candles in memory of Gavin Murray Palmer, who was lost in a house fire, during a candlelight vigil in his memory at Centennial Hills Park in Las Vegas on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

Chuck Wheeler, left, mourns his grandson, Gavin Murray Palmer, who was lost in a house fire, during a candlelight vigil in his memory at Centennial Hills Park in Las Vegas on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

Chuck Wheeler, second from left, mourns his grandson, Gavin Murray Palmer, alongside Sean Murray, third from left, father of Gavin, and Kathleen Wheeler, his grandmother, right, during a candlelight vigil in Gavin’s memory at Centennial Hills Park in Las Vegas on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

Kathleen Wheeler, above, comforts a young family member while remembering grandson, 6-year-old Gavin Murray Palmer, who was lost in a house fire, during a candlelight vigil in his memory at Centennial Hills Park in Las Vegas on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

Chuck Wheeler, right, mourns the loss of his grandson, Gavin Murray Palmer, who was lost in a house fire, during a candlelight vigil in his memory at Centennial Hills Park in Las Vegas on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

Family and friends gathered Friday night at Centennial Park to grieve for 6-year-old Gavin Palmer, who along with his mother, Renai, died in a house fire on Oct. 8 in the western Las Vegas Valley.

Sean Murray, Gavin’s father, lighted a candle and passed it to the dozens in attendance during the ceremony.

“I know Gavin will look over me forever, until I meet him in heaven,” Murray said as he thanked everyone for coming.

“He was the perfect little boy,” Murray, said in an emotional phone interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Thursday, two days after the fire. “I consider myself his best friend. He would tell me that all the time. He always wanted to be next to me.”

The cause of the deadly fire has yet to be determined.