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Benefit concert for slain friends

 

25-year-olds were gunned down in parked car

 

By DON PEAT, SUN MEDIA

 

Less than three blocks from where they died, friends of Dylan Ellis and Oliver Martin will gather tonight to honour their lives.

 

More than a tribute, the L.O.V.E. Lockdown is the first of a memorial project that hopes to fight back against the violence that claimed the two 25-year-olds.

 

Martin and Ellis were gunned down in June as they sat in a parked SUV in front of a friend's place on Richmond St. W., west of Bathurst St.

 

Despite a $50,000 reward and an emotional plea from the victims' mothers in September, the double-murder of Ellis and Martin remains unsolved.

 

Almost six months later, the friends of the two men have organized a benefit concert and photo exhibit in memory of Ellis and Martin at Tattoo Rock Parlour on Queen St. W.

 

"A lot of us felt we needed to do something to give back to the city cause the boys loved Toronto," said friend and event co-organizer Talia Soberano. "Anger isn't going to get us anywhere and we want to be proactive and we just want ... to do our part to give back."

 

In the wake of the deaths, friend Kathleen Ryan founded D.O. It! -- the organizational force behind tonight's event -- to raise money for youth violence prevention groups.

 

"The D and the O stand for Dylan and Oliver," Ryan told the Sun yesterday.

 

She said the events will bring people together through events based around music, photography, life, love, peace and positivity.

 

All proceeds will go to the Toronto-based projects of Leave Out Violence (LOVE). The Canadian not-for-profit organization works through educational programs designed to help youth break the cycle of violence.

 

The main level of Tattoo Rock Parlour will feature a live performance by Blues in D -- Ellis' former band that includes his brother Cody.

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