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Hadiya Pendleton has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.  Pendleton’s 2013 killing in Chicago drew the attention of then-President Barack Obama. As reported by NBC News, Hadiya had just taken her final exams at the King College Prep High School, and was walking home from when she and another classmate took cover from the rain at a nearby park. That’s where prosecutors said, Micheail Ward, got out of a car driven by Kenneth Williams and opened fire at who he thought were rival gang me...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Several people whose lives have been shattered by gun violence will be watching from the packed House gallery as President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union speech. But not Bill Sherlach, whose wife, Mary, was killed in the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14. Washington officials fighting over gun control invited him to attend Obama’s speech Tuesday night in the House chamber. Sherlach declined. He said that rather than be the nationally televised face o...

Hadiya Pendleton was killed on Jan. 29, 2013 while standing with a group of friends at Harsh Park in Chicago’s Kenwood neighborhood. Her death, which took place just nine days after she performed at events during former President Barack Obama’s second inauguration, shocked the nation. Then-first lady Michelle Obama attended Pendleton’s Chicago funeral, and the former president mentioned her death at his State of the Union address that year, with her parents in attendance. In 2018, William...

Teen performer at inaugural events fatally shot By DON BABWINJanuary 31, 2013 GMT CHICAGO (AP) — A 15-year-old girl who had performed in President Barack Obama’s inauguration festivities is the latest face on the ever-increasing homicide toll in the president’s hometown, killed in a Chicago park as she talked with friends by a gunman who apparently was not even aiming at her. Chicago police said Hadiya Pendleton was in a park about a mile from Obama’s home in a South Side neighborhood T...

>> and our son. so lets not forget that we have our son nathaniel who is now a freshman in high school who has to navigate through the rest of his life like this. it is really sad that every year, this is continuing to grow. these people dont realize that it is not just victims family. it is the perpetrators family that has become victims too. everybody loses in this situation. >> our hearts go out to you and our prayers continue for you and the entire family. cleopatra and nathaniel pendleton, ...

>> as you mentioned, nathaniel, it has been almost four years. what do you tell people, whether it be in your community, there in chicago or across the country, other families who have been touched, who have been pained by this same level of violence that your family has experienced? >> there is nothing really that i can tell them. the only thing i can do is sit with them. i know the pain that they are feeling. we are both very familiar with the pain. that pain does not go away. it is here. it s...

Pendleton, become one of the most recognizable faces of the effort to con bmbat gun violenc. she was mistakenly targeted and killed by a gang member near president barack obamas home in chicago. days earlier, she had performed at his second inauguration. her parents were at the white house in january when the president announced executive actions on gun control. i asked the parents if these extraordinary numbers heightened the trauma of losing their daughter. >> i have a very difficult time watc...

Effort to combat gun violence in chicago. almost four years ago the 15-year-old honor student was mistakenly targeted and killed by a gang member near president obamas chicago home. days earlier, she had performed at his second inauguration. hadiyas parents were at the white house in january when the president announced executive actions on gun control. nathaniel pendleton and cleopatra pendleton join me from chicago. good to see you aunder such sad circumstances. how does hearing these extraord...

Same pain that weve had to endure. i mean, its -- it is absolutely heartbreaking. it just is. >> and nathaniel, how do you place blame on this? what are the sources of blame? what should be tackled? why this spate of violence, in your view? >> well, i do believe that this state of violence is a lot of kids out near have no direction. theyre living on the streets, theyre practically raising themselves. and if you commit a crime, the crime should -- the punishment should be just for the crime. and...

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