A small prayer vigil and smudging ceremony took place Friday evening to honour a man who died in August.
Windsor police were called to an alley off Wyandotte St. near Parent Ave. around 8am on August 24th after a man was found dead in an alley.
Steven Mull, a local native shaman lead the ceremony and says he is trying to bring healing to the community.
Steve is now smudging the people in attendance. A ceremony practiced for spiritual cleansing and blessing. #cklw @AM800News pic.twitter.com/nvXEiL6otZ
— Kristylee Varley (@KVarley800) September 21, 2018
"Our ceremony is a beautiful thing, I'm supposed to be here to bless everyone because for me it's trying to heal what's here. There's so much violence, there's so much drugs because of violence."
Mull calls the community "broken" and says "the drug problem that has plagued our community and the homelessness. There are so many people that are homeless because of their drug use and it's a viscous, vicious cycle."
Mull says he hopes people are left with awareness.
The initial investigation by Windsor police into what was called a sudden death pointed to the death not being foul play.