A 15-year-old girl who performed at President Barack Obama’s inauguration has been shot dead in Chicago, United States of America by a gunman who opened fire on a group of children in a park.
Laura Kubiak of Chicago police said the suspect is thought to have mistaken the group for gang members.
Hadiya Pendleton – described by a relative as a “walking angel” – performed with the King College Prep school band earlier this month at the inauguration.
She was sheltering from the rain under a canopy with about 10 or 12 other teenagers on Tuesday when the gunman leapt over a fence, opened fire and then jumped into a getaway car at 2:30pm.
Two boys were also injured.
“As usual, the bad guy aims, but he never hits the other bad guy,” her godfather, Chicago police officer Damon Stewart said.
“I changed her diapers, I played with her growing up. My heart is broken.”
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