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T.Y.T. Chicago Host Amber Renee Talks About Losing Hadiya

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Today's Youth Talking Host Amber Rennee, who was also the best friend of Hadiya Pendleton the teenage awesome girl who performed at President Obama's inauguration with her high school band earlier this month and was shot to death Tuesday afternoon at a Chicago park,
 
Ambers Renee has spoken to Chicago's Mayor Rahm Emanuel and now she's talking to Davi Davenport about how her heart is broken, and that she feels this is a classic example of the world needing to take better care of our young people today.
 
Police said 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton was taking shelter from the rain under a canopy at the park with about 12 other teenagers when a man jumped a fence, ran up to them and opened fire. The gunman then fled the scene in an automobile.
 
Hadiya was shot once in the back and died at University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital less than an hour later, An unidentified teenage boy was shot in the leg and is being treated at the hospital. 
 
No arrests have been made.
 
Hadiya was an honor student, volleyball player and majorette at King College Prep High School, according to Amber Renee. She performed with her high school band at the presidential inauguration in Washington last week.
 
T.Y.T. host Amber Renee and Police said Hadiya had no gang affiliation and was not targeted in the tragic shooting attack.

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