Parasha M. Beard, age 19

Lost to gun violence on September 18, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois.

Parasha was eight months pregnant when she and a man were shot while sitting in a car. She was killed, but doctors successfully delivered her child. She also has a 4-year-old daughter.

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