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Prosecutors: Hadiya was shot because 'she was just there'

The gunman in the slaying of Hadiya Pendleton told police he was in the middle of a three-year battle with a rival gang when he opened fire at a South Side park and hit the 15-year-old who "had nothing to do" with the feud, according to prosecutors.

By Jason Meisner and Jeremy Gorner

February 12, 2013

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