In the warm evening of May 30, 2010, a senseless act of violence tragically cut short the life of 18-year-old Tonia B. Parson in St. Louis, Missouri. An African-American female, Parson was seated in a car in the 5200 block of Palm Street when she was struck by multiple gunshots to her head and shoulders. The promising young woman's life was extinguished in a hail of bullets, leaving a community in mourning and a family shattered by their sudden and profound loss.
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