Pregnant US teenager testified in slaying. Weeks later, she's gunned down [View all]
Source: Chicago Tribune
Elvia Malagon, Jeremy Gorner and Alice Yin
16:58, Sep 10 2019
Treja Kelley witnessed her cousin die in a drive-by shooting. After testifying at the trial, she suffered the same fate.
Three years ago, Treja A Kelley was walking near her Chicago home in the US with her cousin when a man opened fire from a passing car, fatally striking her cousin.
This past June, Kelley, then 18, testified at the trial of her cousin's accused killer, helping Cook County prosecutors secure a conviction.
On Sunday night (local time), Kelley was just around the corner from the 2016 slaying - again walking to her home in the Back of the Yards neighbourhood - when a gunman stepped from an alley and opened fire, striking her three times in the head and several times in the torso.
Kelley, who was pregnant, was pronounced dead at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Read more: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/115687750/pregnant-us-teenager-testified-in-slaying-weeks-later-shes-gunned-down
Rest in Peace, Treja Kelley.
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