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Tragedy: 15-Year-Old Honors Student Who Performed at Obama’s Inauguration Gunned Down in Chicago

Jan. 30, 2013 11:17am Erica Ritz

15 Year Old Hadiya Pendleton Who Performed at Obamas Inauguration Shot Dead in Chicago Park

(Photo: Police Handout via The Dailiy Mail)

A 15-year-old honors student from Chicago who just got back from performing at President Obama’s inauguration has been shot dead by thugs in a local park, police say.

King College Prep sophomore Hadiya Pendleton was a majorette and a volleyball star, her friends add, who was part of a band and drill team that played for President Obama.

The New York Daily News continues:

Hadiya Pendleton was among approximately a dozen teens taking cover from the rain in a local park at 2:30 p.m. when a gunman jumped a fence and opened fire, according to reports. Pendleton and other King College Prep students had been dismissed from school early due to exams.

The gunshots sent the entire group running out of the park in a panic, authorities say. Pendleton and a 16-year-old boy were both hit and collapsed about one block away.

Pendleton was shot once in the back and later died at the University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital. The wounded boy was in serious condition Tuesday night, according to the Chicago Tribune. [Emphasis added]

Neighbors were horrified by the news.

“There has to be an end to it. It’s just too much. The children cannot go to school. They’re in fear,” Bonita O’Bannion reportedly said.

Police say Pendleton wasn’t affiliated with a gang herself, but most of the people she was with at the park were. None of them stuck around to help her, or provide information for police.

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Comments (185)

dovndce
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:09pm
Karma is a beeatch, this “Daughter of Obama” was punished for supporting PreseiDUNCE Barry/Barack Hussein Marshall-Davis/Soetoro/Obama. I can only hope more Democratic supporters meet the same fate at the hands of their criminal gene bearing brethren.

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- 1wolf
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 10:40pm
  Not smellin this, Really!!
  
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1wolf
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 8:39pm
I have a question that I would like some feedback on,

As a law abiding citizen- if you HAD to take your family to Chicago, would you ignore their gun laws at your familys peril or would make sure that if there is a gun fight, you would be able to defend your family?

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- dovndce
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:36pm
  Nobody Has to go to Chicago !
  
  I suggest all American citizens boycott not only Chi-town (is that “racist?) but the entire state of Illinois. Hit them where it hurts, in the wallet until they, the residents of Illinois, overthrow the Democrats who dominate the state legislature. I’ve already informed those I do business with in Illinois that until they openly and vocally oppose Rahm Emanuel, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, Sen. Phallus (Dick) Durban and the rest of their Liberal ilk they will no longer benefit from my business.
  
  The same goes for the State of N.Y. We MUST boycott NYC and the entire state until they, the residents and businesses openly revolt and depose the anti-2nd Amendment legislature and two despots, NYC Mayor-for-Life Michael “I Have Armed Security 24/7/365″ Bloomberg.and Obama henchman Gov Andrew “I Want to Confiscate ALL Fiearms From Law-Abiding Citizens” Cuomo. As with Illinois I’ve informed ALL businesses I patronized in N.Y. that I will no longer will be able to use the services or products. We must choke off the states funds and help it collapse upon itself maybe then the residents will see the error of their ways and elect Republicans who understand the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
  
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- 1wolf
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 10:28pm
  I’m smellin what ya steppin in,
  
  But, you did not answer my ?
  
  Putting aside all that the people of Chicago or Illonios or NYC could do to promote reasonable gun laws in their state, Would you go into that state and city WITHOUT your firearm.
  
  500+ murders in 12, are you a victim or a surviour, inspite of thier gun laws?
  
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Jake Dog2
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 8:20pm
The New York Daily News
Hadiya Pendleton was among approximately a dozen teens taking cover from the rain in a local park at 2:30 p.m. when a gunman jumped a fence and opened fire, according to reports. Pendleton and other King College Prep students had been dismissed from school early due to exams.
The gunshots sent the entire group running out of the park in a panic, authorities say. Pendleton and a 16-year-old boy were both hit and collapsed about one block away.
Pendleton was shot once in the back and later died at the University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital. The wounded boy was in serious condition Tuesday night, according to the Chicago Tribune. [Emphasis added]
Neighbors were horrified by the news.

If the neighbors in these area would cooperate with the police in getting these creeps off the streets they wold not be on the streets. So why are they horrified when violence comes to the streets.

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LifesNotARehersal
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 8:16pm
For all of the people assuming she was hanging out with gangbangers, you are wrong. She and her friends were taking shelter from the rain in a park where gangbangers just happened to have been hanging out. Please look at other sources than the blaze for more details on this story.

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Zeb
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 8:10pm
http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/50208495#50208495

Just another look at sandy hook and the ar15

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denkat56
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 7:51pm
It’s amazing the murder rate in Chicago, and you never hear about from the news media. Obama’s, rahm Emanuel, runs the city , and does nothing about it. The boy king Obama won’t say anything about it either. All the criminals carrying illegally gotten guns. And nobody legal is supposed to have a weapon. Where are the victims rights.

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BHOHG2G
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 7:46pm
I wonder if the “STYLE” of gun used made it more lethal than a gun with no “Style”

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Unix
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 7:33pm
What, the gun free zone of Chicongo, I would never have imagined this to happen there…ohh 500+ murders in 2012, I am wrong.

My prayers go to the children and their families, such sadness, such waste…the left are hypocrites.

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dinadp
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 6:38pm
More gun control would not have saved her life. But That Guy probably doesn’t care cuz it’s not part of his agenda.

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barber2
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 5:26pm
Isn’t it ironic that Saul Alinsky, Obama , Ayers, Capone, Farrakhan and the The Black Muslims, all came out of Chicago ?

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potica69
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 5:16pm
Peeps shooting peeps

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1Haole_Boy
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:48pm
CHICAGO IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN SERVING IN A RIFLE COMPANY IN AFGHANISTAN. IF ONLY SHE WOULD HAVE JOINED UP AND SHIPPED OUT!!
The HUFFINGTON POST wrote on January 16, 2013 that more gun deaths occurred in Chicago than troop deaths in Afghanistan from the beginning of the war to present.
Chicago has the most restrictive gun control policy in the United States and has the distinction of being the number one city in gun deaths in the United States as well.
Perhaps the president should have told this young girl that she would have a better chance at survival serving in Afghanistan in a Rifle Company than as a cvilian in Chicago.Uncle Same Wants You!!

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Thundergod
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:43pm
I’m so sorry the world lost such a pretty young woman. Stop gang violence.

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DangerMike
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:43pm
So she wasn’t a gang member, but she was hanging out with gangbangers and got shot. Sure. Why not. Why is it the victims are always portrayed as perfect angels who never did anything wrong until they GOT SHOT.

Chicago has the strictest anti-gun laws in the nation but the highest crime & murder rate. Explain to us how that’s a successful model we want to export to other cities?
Go ahead, I’ll wait…

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- LifesNotARehersal
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 8:17pm
  She actually was as close to an angel I guess as anyone can get. Have you ever heard of being at the wrong place at the wrong time? Please read other sources about this story than the blaze.
  
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HLGarret
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:41pm
Will never consider going to ‘The Bad Lands’.

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Depressed_American
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:40pm
BUT!!! The Liberals think forcing Law-Bidding-Citizens to register their weapons and back ground checks are going to stop this violence…..

Here is news for you LIBERALS and Gun-Control Advocates…. Gang-Bangers and Criminals DON’T CARE ABOUT YOUR LAWS!!!!!! Criminals will sell guns to Gang-Bangers ILLEGALLY as long as they make money!!!!

CHICAGO should be the PRIME EXAMPLE that Gun-Control Laws will NOT work!!! Sandy Hook happens in CHICAGO every week, WHERE IS THE MEDIA AND LIBERAL OUTRAGE???

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- BHOHG2G
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 7:48pm
  The logic is soooo simple that it’s hard to explain. I feel your frustration.
  
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Realman30
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:38pm
Was she shot by someone who looks like ‘Justin Beiber’ or ‘Trevon Martin’?

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Carlinpa
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:23pm
RE”Police say Pendleton wasn’t affiliated with a gang herself, but most of the people she was with at the park were. ” really? Man, she didn’t know who she was with?

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1Haole_Boy
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:17pm
AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE,
IT IS SAFER TO SERVE IN AFGHANISTAN IN A RIFLE COMPANY THAN TO BE A DISARMED CITIZEN LIVING IN CHICAGO. The HUFFINGTON POST wrote on January 16, 2013 that more gun deaths occurred in Chicago than troop deaths in Afghanistan from the beginning of the war to present.
Chicago has the most restrictive gun control policy in the United States and has the distinction of being the number one city in gun deaths in the United States as well.
Perhaps it would be a good enlistment tool in Chicago to tell young people that they would have a better chance at survival serving in Afghanistan in a Rifle Company than as a cvilian in Chicago.
Uncle Same Wants You!!

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AbrahamsSheepdog
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:14pm
Even in the 90′s we were still (somewhat) using knuckles to act like idiots. 2013 kids have been around so much crap….Libs.. they love the declines how sad is that. Now look how they act…the smart ones must feel so uncertain..should they fail just to win??

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hannah
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:08pm
Most if not all the shootings and killings are done by criminals who carry guns illegally. So why are all the legal gun owners lumped in? Chicago has the strictest gun laws and they have the highest deaths by guns. Obozo, could you please explain why this is to the American people.

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AbrahamsSheepdog
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 3:52pm
Just terrible, so young. The nation needs a leader. A honest person of Patriots blood. We have no hope except God. And we trust insanity instead. God help this moral sewer.

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bobfrommosinee
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 3:46pm
But, but, but, Chicago is a gun free zone, It is illegal to carry a gun on the street, it’s illegal to own a gun with out a owners identification card, It is illegal to fire a gun inside the city limits, Chicago has gun buy backs all the time yada yada yada from the liberals, Ban Guns and this is what you get, Now how about just enforce the law.

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Arshloch
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 3:28pm
In Thugvill, USA, the ‘High Muckety Muck’ has ordained that common citizen can not have any means of self defense. This is to insure the safety of the criminal, gangbanger or any other type of louse that happens to be roaming the streets, and allow them the highly prized pass time of shooting, stabbing, or beating the normal citizen. Ah, to live and die in Chicago!

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- Zeb
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 3:36pm
  Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. (How sweet and right it is to die for one’s country)
  
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TADTAD
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 3:18pm
Alright. That tears it. We need laws. Make murder a crime.

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- HLGarret
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:43pm
  lmfao!
  
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