Hadiya Zaymara Pendleton

Death by Force

Hadiya Zaymara Pendleton, 15, a Black female, was spending the early afternoon of January 29, 2013 with classmates in Vivian Gordon Harsh Park in Chicago's Kenwood neighborhood, a short walk from King College Prep, when a gunman opened fire. A bullet struck her in the back and she collapsed beneath the winter trees; two friends were wounded. The shock rippled beyond her school because only a week earlier she had traveled to Washington, D.C., to perform with her band and majorette squad at events ...Read More

Chicago Tribune: Convictions in Hadiya Pendleton slaying to remain overturned after Illinois Supreme Court dismisses appeal

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