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Chicago Majorette Killed a Week After Performing in Inauguration Festivities

A week after performing at inauguration festivities in Washington, D.C., a 15-year old Chicago girl was shot dead blocks from her school on the South Side in the latest incident of gun violence in the city. Hadiya Pendleton, a student at King College Prep School and majorette in the band, performed with her classmates at several inaugural events last week in the nation's capital. After school on Tuesday, however, Pendleton was shot and killed in a South Side park. At the time of the shooting,...Full Story
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