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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 members. Hadiya Pendleton’s parents, Cleopatra Cowley (center) & Nathaniel Pendleton Sr. (left), wal...

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 of tragedy, he prefers working within a group that wants the gun issue addressed as part of a compreh...

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, Williams was found guilty of first-degree murder in connection with the case. Michael Ward, who was 18 at t...

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 Tuesday afternoon when a man opened fire on the group. Hadiya was shot in the back as she tried to es...

>> and our son. so let's 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 don't realize that it is not just victim's family. it is the perpetrator's 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, thank you so much. your insurance company