joey dentriment. and weijia jiang has more on the service. >> during the service which lasted about an hour, nearly 2,000 friends and family members came together not only to remember joey dentriment but to celebrate his life. >> reporter: at the mountain christian church in joppa, tears spilled, hearts ached, friends comforted each other. on wednesday morning, some 1500 people poured into the funeral service for 14-year-old joey dentriment, who was trying to cross the street at bynam and red pump road. >> number 1 thing i always remember about joey is his smile. no matter what. and his hugs. and he was always there for everyone. no matter what. >> members of the football team wheeled his casket in. the captain of the jv defense, dentriment, number 30, thrived on the field. but loved ones say his true passion was playing and singing music. at the service, his mentor sang songs and lyrics they wrote together. >> it was like, you wrote this? you never see that from a 14- year-old, ever. like things you

lasted nearbily an hour -- nearly an hour, 2,000 friends and family came together to remember joey dentrimentpeople poured into the funeral home to remember joey who was killed while trying to across cross -- cross the street. >> number 1 thing i will always remember about joey is his smile. no matter what. and his hugs. and he was always there for everyone, no matter what. >> reporter: members of his junior varsity football team wheeled his casket in. number 30 thrived on the field. ♪ [ music ] >> but loved ones say its true passion was playing and singing music. at his service, his mentor played and sang songs they sang together. >> his lyrics. it would be like, you wrote that? you never see it from a 14-year- old ever. like each talking about things you learn when you're 30 years old. >> reporter: we talk to friends who say that for many of them, it's the first time they've had to deal with a real tragedy. >> i wouldn't think joey would die at all. he was the strongest kid ever. >> it's very hard. it's a lot of raw emotion. a lot of anger. >> reporter: each in death, he is helping his frie