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PHOTOS: Motive behind Carrollton boy’s death still baffles family and friends

Children walk home from the bus stop Monday afternoon August 25, 2014 in the Carrollton subdivision where 13-year-old Nizzear Rodriguez was shot and killed in the bedroom of his family's apartment before daybreak Sunday. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM

Family and friends tidy up a memorial for 13-year-old Nizzear Rodriguez was shot and killed in the bedroom of his family's Carrollton apartment before daybreak Sunday. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM

Alice Stout-Osorio, center,grandmother of murdered 13-year-old Nizzear Rodriguez, is comforted by coworkers Blinda Bray, left, and Alaina Stephens in front of her Carrollton home Thursday evening August 28, 2014. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM

Grandmother Alice Stout-Osorio, left, and mother Adrienne Rodriguez become emotional after going into 13-year-old Nizzear Rodriguez's bedroom Thursday evening August 28, 2014. Nizzear was shot and killed in the room early Sunday morning while he slept. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM

Alice Stout-Osorio, center,grandmother of murdered 13-year-old Nizzear Rodriguez, is comforted by coworker Alaina Stephens in front of her Carrollton home Thursday evening August 28, 2014. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM

Mother Adrienne Rodriguez, left, and grandmother Alice Stout-Osorio become emotional after going into 13-year-old Nizzear Rodriguez's bedroom Thursday evening August 28, 2014. Nizzear was shot and killed in the room early Sunday morning while he slept. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM

Angelo Osorio's bedroom is right next to the one his nephew Nizzear Rodriguez was killed in. Osorio said he is trying to be strong to help the family deal with the murder. Osorio, who is only four years older than Rodriguez, said they were more like brothers than uncle and nephew because of their ages. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM

Notes from classmates cover the wall in Angelo Osorio's bedroom, which is right next to the one his nephew Nizzear Rodriguez was killed in. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM

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Children walk home from the bus stop Monday afternoon August 25, 2014 in the Carrollton subdivision where 13-year-old Nizzear Rodriguez was shot and killed in the bedroom of his family's apartment before daybreak Sunday. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM

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