More than 1,000 people showed up for the funeral of Jaylon McKenzie on Saturday, May 18, 2019. Jaylon, 14, an 8th-grade football phenom recently featured in Sports Illustrated, was killed by a stray bullet after a fight broke out at a party in Venice, Ill. on Saturday, May 4, 2019. Police have not yet charged anyone for firing the bullet that killed Jaylon. Ezekiel Elliott, who grew up in the St. Louis area and is a star running back in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys, offered to help Jaylon's family by paying for the funeral.