Justice For Janari: Charges In The Shooting Death Of The 9-Year-Old To Come Soon
They described the shooter sneaking through a gangway and firing a gun at a group of men, but instead hitting the innocent nine-year-old.
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They described the shooter sneaking through a gangway and firing a gun at a group of men, but instead hitting the innocent nine-year-old.
Police have said, around 6:45 p.m. Friday, a gunman opened fire on a group of people behind the townhomes on the 900 block of North Cambridge Avenue – the last occupied section of the Cabrini-Green public housing development – when a bullet struck Janari in the chest.
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