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my name is Robert arens and I was a classmate of Andrew Canan in junior high school back in the 80s Andrew from my
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recollection was he was just like this happy go-lucky boisterous kid always smiling and laughing and he just had
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this life about him and this energy and I think people kind of gravitated towards that my name is Fon and I knew
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Andrew Andrew and I probably met through a mutual friend at one of the bars of the clubs in San Diego in Hillcrest it's
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the gay community Andrew loved to be the center of attention was always the know-it-all he had to be the loudest one
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he drew attention Andrew was the kind of person you either loved him or you despised him I was confused when I saw
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Andrew's face on television thinking there had to have been a mistake Andrew is my friend I know him he's not capable
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of this listening to all of it play out on the media was unbelievable everyone that I knew wanted to know what was
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happening you know why did he leave did he leave on purpose you know none of us knew anything it was all a spectacle on
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TV just being played out I think there was a sense of panic in this town there really was especially in the LGBT
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community there was a definite fear that maybe he was going to come back and maybe kill somebody here in San Diego
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the news and and the killings that were being reported and the escalation of the
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violence I thought to myself this is going to end really badly and he's not going to come out of
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this alive and that sure enough that's what happened you know him taking his own life I'm kind of glad it was him
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because at least I know that's the end you know there won't be any more murders the way I see it it was a lost
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soul someone trying to fit in this world who tried who maybe made some poor mistakes that led to bigger mistakes
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to a point where there was no coming back he went too far on the Tipping Edge the point of no return my heart
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feels very sad for everyone all those victims who were killed senselessly helplessly before their time