SALINAS, Calif. -- Friends and family gathered Sunday to remember a teenager who was killed during a robbery at a Taco Bell in Prunedale.

Brenden Tsukimura, 18, was stabbed to death when he let a group of men in to use the bathroom after the restaurant closed, according to authorities.

Tsukimura's friends held a reception at North Monterey County High School, where he graduated last year.

Tsukimura was a student at Monterey Peninsula College.