IDAHO FALLS — Family and friends remember Alexander Barber as an Idaho boy with a love of the outdoors and a passion to stand up against bullies.

Barber, 25, was shot dead early Monday morning after an altercation broke out in the parking lot at Compass Academy that also resulted in three people being hospitalized and two arrests. He was less than a month away from his 26th birthday.

A candlelight vigil will occur at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday at Central Park on Holmes Avenue. A viewing and memorial service will take place from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Feb. 24 at Wood Funeral Home.

Barber’s cousin Joshua Worrell has also set up a GoFundMe to help cover the cost of Barber’s funeral. The fundraiser sits at $2,840, and Worrell said Barber was loved by many in the community and didn’t deserve to die.

“He was not a violent man. He was not a criminal,” Worrell said.

Worrell said the vigil is to remember Barber but also to send a message that there needs to be peace in the community. Candles will be provided at the vigil.

Worrell said he and Barber would go fishing, listen to music or make music together. He said Barber was always supportive of his music career pursuits or there to hang out with him.

“We’d go to the river downtown, get a couple of sodas, and sit and chat. Every time he’d see me, he had a huge smile on his face,” Worrell said. “I always had a big smile on my face because I was happy to see him too.”

Growing up, Worrell said Barber had a lot of struggles in life but that he always remained positive and did his best to make people laugh. Barber was always protective of those in his family or called friends.

Devan Johnson, one of those injured on Monday morning, said he firstv met Barber in the seventh grade at Clair E. Gale Junior High School. He remembers when Barber stood up for him during the eighth and 10th grades and over the past few years.

“It just doesn’t feel real at all,” Johnson said. “He was brave and courageous; he doesn’t like to see any of his friends hurt.”

Johnson said he and Barber went to Dillon, Montana, to see Johnson’s father’s grave and ranch last month. He said they loved the trip and it showed how Barber was always there for him.

Johnson said the morning when Barber was shot, he was there to support his friends. When he got shot, he remembers calling 911, telling the operator that his friend was dead. He said that was the last time he saw Barber.

According to the probable cause affidavit, Barber is seen on video standing over a friend’s body when he was shot in the head by 19-year-old Gabriel Perkins. Perkins is charged with three felony counts: Murder, aggravated murder and leaving the scene of an accident.

Worrell said he was taking his kids back to Pocatello after having them for the weekend when he got a phone call from his mother telling him Barber was murdered.

“I just felt like my whole life fell apart and I just started crying,” Worrell said. “My son was sitting next to me, and he held my hand.”

Worrell said he just wants to remind people that life can be short and, hopefully, the vigil can bring peace to the community after this tragedy.

“We need to have peace in the community. We don’t want to lose another brother, son or friend,” Worrell said.