Savanah Quintero, age 14
Lost to gun violence on June 2, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois.
Savanah passed away 3 days after being shot on 6-5-21.
Photo sources:
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- https://news.yahoo.com/14-old-chicago-girl-shot-164500242.html
News sources:
- WGN-TV: 17-year-old boy arrested in connection with murder of Back of the Yards teen girl
- pantagraph.com: 8 wounded Sunday among 38 shot in Chicago weekend violence
- Oct 6: WTTW News: Man Charged for Alleged Role in Murder of 14-Year-Old Girl, Attempted Murder of Witness
- Chicago Tribune: Man faces murder charge in death of seventh-grade student Savanah Quintero
- FOX 32 Chicago: Man who provided gun in killing of 14-year-old allegedly chased down witness weeks later and shot him 9 times
- ABC7 Chicago: New Lenox man 2nd to be charged in teen girl's Back of the Yards shooting death: Chicago police
- Jun 27: Chicago Sun-Times: ‘I think I just shot a girl’; No bail for teen charged in gang-related fatal shooting in Back of the Yards
- Jun 2: Chicago Sun-Times: Girl, 14, chased down and shot in the head by young gang members in Back of the Yards. ‘I don’t understand what’s going on.’
- Jun 5: Chicago Sun-Times: 14-year-old girl dies days after Back of the Yards shooting
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A ROUGH DAY OUR FELT BAD OR WERE BEING BULLIED SHE WOULD TALK THEM UNTIL SHE FELT THEY FELT BETTER
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