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Tayshana Dejenea Chicken Murphy was 18 when she was fatally shot in the early morning hours of September 11, 2011, in a hallway of the Grant Houses in Harlem, where she lived. A nationally ranked high school point guard and a senior at Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers, Murphy had been recruited by several colleges and hoped to play in the WNBA.

According to reports, the shooting followed a dispute between rival groups from the Grant Houses and the nearby Manhattanville Houses. In the hours before the killing, Murphy was outside her building with friends, was chased inside, and was cornered on the fourth floor, where she was shot three times in the chest, hip, and arm. Witnesses said she pleaded for her life before the fatal shots.

Surveillance footage reportedly showed two men at the scene with guns in their waistbands, and a third man was accused of supplying the weapon. If anyone knew Tayshana, saw activity near the Grant Houses on September 11, 2011, or has information about the shooting, please share what is known.