PHOTOS: Teen shooting victim honored at memorial service

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PHOTOS: Teen shooting victim honored at memorial service

A community came together Saturday to say their final goodbyes to Bre’Asia Powell, an Atlanta teen who was shot and killed last week.

Friends, classmates and members of the community attend Bre’Asia Powell’s memorial service at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church in Atlanta on Saturday, June 3, 2023. Powell, 16, was fatally shot at a graduation party outside Benjamin E. Mays High School. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Friends, classmates and members of the community attend Bre’Asia Powell’s memorial service at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church in Atlanta on Saturday, June 3, 2023. Powell, 16, was fatally shot at a graduation party outside Benjamin E. Mays High School. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Friends, classmates and members of the community attend Bre’Asia Powell’s memorial service at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church in Atlanta on Saturday, June 3, 2023. Powell, 16, was fatally shot at a graduation party outside Benjamin E. Mays High School. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Shooting victim Bre’Asia Powell’s memorial service was held at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church in Atlanta on Saturday, June 3, 2023. Her mother, Nicole Williams, leans into the coffin to kiss and speak to her child. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Friends, classmates and family members, including Young Dro, who knew Bre'Asia Powell all her life, speaks at the teen’s memorial service at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church in Atlanta on Saturday, June 3, 2023. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Friends, classmates and members of the community attend Bre’Asia Powell’s memorial service at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church in Atlanta on Saturday, June 3, 2023. Powell, 16, was fatally shot at a graduation party outside Benjamin E. Mays High School. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Friends, classmates and members of the community attend Bre’Asia Powell’s memorial service at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church in Atlanta on Saturday, June 3, 2023. Powell, 16, was fatally shot at a graduation party outside Benjamin E. Mays High School. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Friends, classmates and members of the community attend Bre’Asia Powell’s memorial service at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church in Atlanta on Saturday, June 3, 2023. Powell, 16, was fatally shot at a graduation party outside Benjamin E. Mays High School. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Friends, classmates and members of the community attend Bre’Asia Powell’s memorial service at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church in Atlanta on Saturday, June 3, 2023. Powell, 16, was fatally shot at a graduation party outside Benjamin E. Mays High School. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Friends, classmates and members of the community attend Bre’Asia Powell’s memorial service at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church in Atlanta on Saturday, June 3, 2023. Powell, 16, was fatally shot at a graduation party outside Benjamin E. Mays High School. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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