A West Side basketball tournament turned tragic. That didn't stop Englewood organizers from holding a similar event the next day.

Just about every person at the “Bridging the Gap Globally” charity basketball tournament, held in Englewood for most of last week, knows Kenny Doss Jr.

Many of the more than 100 in attendance at 61st and Halsted streets on Saturday grew up with the 23-year-old. Some went to school with him in the...