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Fifteen-year-old Hadiya Zaymara Pendleton was shot and killed on January 29, 2013 while with classmates in Vivian Gordon Harsh Park in Chicago’s Kenwood neighborhood, a short walk from King College Prep. A bullet struck her in the back; two friends were wounded. The shooting followed a visit she had made to Washington, D.C. a week earlier to perform with her school band and majorette squad for President Barack Obama’s second inauguration events, which intensified attention on the case.

Detectives treated the attack as a drive-by shooting tied to a gang feud and concluded the students were misidentified as rivals. Police arrested two young men within about two weeks: 18-year-old Micheail Ward, identified as the shooter, and 20-year-old Kenneth Williams, alleged to be the driver. Both were charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder, and aggravated battery with a firearm and denied bail. Separate trials began in August 2018; juries convicted both men, and they received long prison terms.

Does anyone have information about Hadiya’s last day at King College Prep or the events in Harsh Park that afternoon?