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Houston Vigil Planned For Saturday For Black 7-Year-Old Killed In Shooting

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Police in Houston are seeking the public's help in finding the gunman who shot and killed a 7-year-old girl named Jazmine Barnes. Activists are speculating the shooting may have been racially motivated — the gunman was white and Barnes was black. A community vigil is planned for Saturday and the girl's mother is urging the killer to turn himself in. Here & Now's Lisa Mullins talks with St. John Barned-Smith (@stjbs), public safety reporter at The Houston Chronicle.

This segment aired on January 4, 2019.

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