Ariana Molina, age 9

Lost to gun violence on April 13, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.

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Apr 19: Chicago Sun-Times: A party, a cake — and then gunfire: Toddler and 7-year-old brother remain hospitalized after Back of Yards mass shooting
ABC7 Chicago: Surveillance video shows 3 shooters open fire in deadly Back of the Yards mass shooting | EXCLUSIVE
WGN-TV: ‘The worst nightmare’: 2 of the kids shot during mass shooting in Chicago’s Back of the Yard remain in ICU
gofundme.com: Donate to Ariana Molina, organized by antonio molina
Vigil held for girl killed in Chicago mass shooting
Apr 15: Chicago Tribune: Community mourns girl, 9, killed in Saturday mass shooting: ‘These are kids that had nothing to do with it’
FOX 32 Chicago: Family grieves after 9-year-old killed in Chicago mass shooting
NBC Chicago: Chicago father mourns girl, 8, killed in mass shooting at confirmation party
Apr 15: Chicago Sun-Times: Back of the Yards mass shooting victims Ariana Molina, others mourned at vigil
Apr 14: Chicago Sun-Times: 9-year-old girl killed in Back of the Yards mass attack was 'the princess of the family'
FOX 32 Chicago: Chicago mass shooting: New details released after child killed, 10 wounded on South Side
ABC7 Chicago: Family IDs 9-year-old girl killed in in Back of the Yards shooting; 3 children among 10 others shot
ABC7 Chicago: 8 shot in Back of the Yards; 7-year-old girl killed; 2 boys, ages 1 and 7, critically injured: CPD
WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta: 1 child killed, 10 people wounded in shooting near Chicago intersection
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