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Atlanta saw three people fatally shot over the Christmas holiday weekend
Murders bring homicide count this year to 155, the highest since 1998
A 7-year-old girl was shot in the head by a stray bullet after Christmas shopping
Kennedy Maxie was shot on Dec. 21. She succumbed to her wounds on Saturday
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Police took 16-year-old boy into custody for fatal shooting of Kalecia Williams
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Kennedy Maxie Atlanta 7 year old girl shot dead by stray gunfire while Christmas shopping with her family. No arrests or suspects as gun violence surges.
A 7 year old
Atlanta girl has died after being the unintended victim of a shooting while out with her family Christmas shopping.
Kennedy Maxie was hit in the back of the head by a stray bullet while riding in a Lexus with her mother and aunt.
The aunt heard gunfire while driving along Peachtree Road near Phipps Plaza, but did not realize at the time Kennedy had been shot.
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A 7-year-old Georgia girl shot in the head while out Christmas shopping with her family last week has died, WSB reports.
Kennedy Maxie was riding in a car with her aunt near Phipps Plaza in Atlanta’s toney Buckhead district on December 21 when shots rang out, according to the aunt, who said she didn’t realize the girl had been hit until noticing she wasn’t feeling well in the back seat.
The aunt drove her to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite, where she died on Saturday, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Atlanta police have said they believe the girl may have been hit by a stray bullet fired when two groups of men got into a dispute in the Saks Fifth Avenue parking lot at the mall.
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