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| Teenager shot in head identified | Teenager shot in head identified |
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| A 16-year-old boy who was shot in the head in a South Yorkshire playground has been named as Jonathan Matondo. | A 16-year-old boy who was shot in the head in a South Yorkshire playground has been named as Jonathan Matondo. |
| The teenager's body was found at a recreation area on Nottingham Cliff in the Burngreave area of Sheffield on Wednesday night. | The teenager's body was found at a recreation area on Nottingham Cliff in the Burngreave area of Sheffield on Wednesday night. |
| Detectives are considering whether the shooting was linked to another gun incident in the city within the previous 24 hours. | Detectives are considering whether the shooting was linked to another gun incident in the city within the previous 24 hours. |
| The teenager was "much loved", his family said on Thursday. | The teenager was "much loved", his family said on Thursday. |
| The Reverend Jack Kinsina said the teenager had expressed ambitions to become a preacher. | |
| He said: "Jonathan was a great person, he had been to our church. . . I am crying now . . . I want to ask the government to find who killed Jonathan, because Jonathan was very popular in the church." | |
| Councillor Jan Wilson of Sheffield City Council said it was a "terrible event", and urged the people of Sheffield to "pull together" and help the police. |