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Hadiya Pendleton: Two charged in Chicago teen's death | |
(about 11 hours later) | |
Chicago police have charged two men with the murder of a 15-year-old girl who performed at President Barack Obama's inauguration. | |
The two unnamed men, ages 18 and 20, were taken into custody on Sunday morning for questioning, police said. | |
Police say Hadiya Pendleton, a popular drum majorette, was the innocent victim of a gang-related shooting at a city park on Chicago's South Side. | |
First Lady Michelle Obama attended the teenager's funeral on Saturday. | First Lady Michelle Obama attended the teenager's funeral on Saturday. |
Pendleton's parents will be sitting with Ms Obama at the president's State of the Union address on Tuesday. | |
Among other dignitaries at the funeral service were Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, US Education Secretary Arne Duncan and the Rev Jesse Jackson. | |
Pendleton's death highlighted the spiralling homicide rate in the city of Chicago, which recorded 506 murders last year, and has contributed to a national debate about gun violence. | |
She was shot and killed in a park about a mile (1.6km) from President Barack Obama's house. | |
The Chicago Tribune reported that there had been at least three other shootings within blocks of the park where Pendleton was shot so far this year. |