12-Year-Old Shot To Death While Visiting Family In Chicago
"She's with family and it's the summertime. Who would just think that somebody just going to come and shoot this girl?"
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"She's with family and it's the summertime. Who would just think that somebody just going to come and shoot this girl?"
She'Nyah O'Flynn was staying with a cousin in Chicago while visiting from Covert, Michigan for a relative's graduation.
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