Mourners paid their final respects Tuesday to an 8-year-old Atlanta girl slain near the site of an earlier police killing.
Adults and children at the public viewing filed past the body of Secoriea Turner, who wore a gold-colored dress, a gold tiara and black sneakers. A private funeral is planned for Wednesday.
Secoriea was fatally shot on the Fourth of July while riding in an SUV with her mother and another adult. The shooting happened near the Wendy’s restaurant where Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old Black man, was killed by a white police officer on June 12.
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