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ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)
Sun Feb 17, 2013, 07:54 PM Feb 2013

Ill. woman killed same day sister sat behind Obama

http://www.salon.com/2013/02/17/ill_woman_killed_same_day_sister_sat_behind_obama/

***I ran a search and didn't see anything posted. Sorry if it's a dupe***

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CHICAGO (AP) — An 18-year-old Chicago woman was killed just hours after her sister sat on the stage at President Barack Obama’s speech about gun violence at an area school.

Lake County Coroner Thomas Rudd told The Chicago Sun-Times (http://bit.ly/12Uoh9b) that Janay Mcfarlane was shot once in the head around 11:30 p.m. Friday in North Chicago. She was visiting friends and family in the suburb.

Her mother told the newspaper that Mcfarlane was with a friend, and that the bullet was meant for that friend.

The shooting came hours after Mcfarlane’s 14-year-old sister, Destini, was feet from Obama at Hyde Park Career Academy, where he pushed for gun legislation and paid tribute to Hadiya Pendleton. She was fatally shot last month in what police said was a case of mistaken identity.

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Ill. woman killed same day sister sat behind Obama (Original Post) ScreamingMeemie Feb 2013 OP
i wonder what the person who shoots and kills the person they did JI7 Feb 2013 #1
Nothing, that's what DollarBillHines Feb 2013 #3
Chicago is full of gang members getting revenge for an earlier murder. dkf Feb 2013 #2

JI7

(89,251 posts)
1. i wonder what the person who shoots and kills the person they did
Sun Feb 17, 2013, 08:12 PM
Feb 2013

not intend to shoot feels about it. they seem to feel they have a right to shoot and kill whoever they targeted for whatever reason.

 

dkf

(37,305 posts)
2. Chicago is full of gang members getting revenge for an earlier murder.
Sun Feb 17, 2013, 08:20 PM
Feb 2013

As long as they hold their rage so dear, the killings will continue.

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