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Law Enforcement investigate the site of a multiple shooting as a body lies in the parking lot of a gas station on Pryor Road in Atlanta on Sunday, July 5, 2020. JOHN AMIS FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Secoriea Turner an 8-year-old girl who was fatally shot on Saturday, July 4, 2020, near the Wendy’s restaurant where Rayshard Brooks was killed by a police officer. (family photo)

Charmaine Turner, right, and Secoriya Williamson, center, the parents o 8-year-old Secoriea Turner, who was fatally shot on Saturday, July 4, 2020, speak to the media at Atlanta police headquarters on Sunday, July 5, 2020. Secoriea was shot and killed by at least two individuals who fired into the car the girl was riding in, police said. J. SCOTT TRUBEY/SCOTT.TRUBEY@AJC.COM

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks during a press conference at Atlanta police headquarters about the Saturday night shooting death of 8-year-old Secoriea Turner, on Sunday, July 5, 2020. J. SCOTT TRUBEY/SCOTTl.TRUBEY@AJC.COM

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The parents of Secoriea Turner and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms speak on the death of 8-year-old Secoriea who was killed on Sunday, July 5, 2020.

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Law Enforcement investigate the site of a multiple shooting as a body lies in the parking lot of a gas station on Pryor Road in Atlanta on Sunday, July 5, 2020. JOHN AMIS FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

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