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Police Shoot Teenage Girl Dead in Denver

HeadlineJan 27, 2015

Police in Denver, Colorado, have shot and killed a teenage girl. Police say the girl was driving a stolen vehicle and struck and injured an officer, although it is unclear whether she did so on purpose. The girl has been identified by friends as 16-year-old Jessica Hernandez. According to The Denver Post, a video captured by a neighbor shows police handcuffed and appeared to search the girl after she was shot, rolling her on her back and stomach as she lay limp and motionless. Police took the other teenagers who were in the car with Hernandez into custody. Monday night, residents held a vigil in the alley where the shooting took place, holding placards, including one that said, “Girls’ lives matter too.”

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