While I was working the photo desk Sunday, photographer Lui Kit Wong asked me to help him choose between two images for a memorial story we covered. He didn't have a strong feeling either way, and we only had room in the print edition for one image. I suggested we run the first image in the newspaper because it was a little bit easier read for me. The second image takes a bit longer to understand for me, which in itself could be nice considering the gravity of the subject. The charm I feared would be lost in the paper.
What do you think?

Malissa Kelly, family friend of Ronald McKellar, comforts McKellar's grandson Jordan Fleeks, 7, during a memorial gathering near the corner of Pacific Avenue and South 64th Street in Tacoma. McKellar, 53, was killed by a hit-and-run driver. He was dragged several blocks, then the driver left the area.
(Lui Kit Wong/The News Tribune)

Malissa Kelly, right, comforts July McKellar during memorial for her dad, Ronald McKellar, near the corner of Pacific Avenue and South 64th Street in Tacoma. McKellar, 53, was killed by a hit-and-run driver.
(Lui Kit Wong/The News Tribune)

A family grieves, and waits for information about the hit-and-run driver who took their father’s life.

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By Debbie Cafazzo
debbie.cafazzo@thenewstribune.com
A week after 53-year-old Ronald McKellar’s life ended, his family members and friends gathered Sunday to pay tribute to him.
They also made a renewed plea for anyone with information about the Oct. 5 incident that took McKellar’s life to speak with Tacoma police.
Police are still searching for information about the hit-and-run driver who struck McKellar as he was attempting to cross Pacific Avenue, then fled.
McKellar was hit near the intersection of South 72nd Street and Pacific Avenue. Police believe McKellar died after being dragged for several blocks.