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Horrible news from ⁦@Hortons_Kids⁩: “On Sunday afternoon, TaQuan Pinkney, a recent high school graduate and Horton's Kids alum, was shot and killed while walking home from a corner store...”
2/ “...TaQuan was an active participant in @Hortons_Kids for four years. He regularly attended programs and routinely made his peers, volunteers, and Horton's Kids staff laugh with his humor and good-natured teasing. He was an extremely positive and energetic young man who...
3/“... worked hard to put himself on a path for success. With the help of his mother, Horton's Kids staff, and his College and Career Coach Andrea, TaQuan managed to overcome numerous challenges to graduate from high school in June...
4/“... He was planning on attending UDC in a few days and had been working at a local restaurant to help pay for his education...This is a senseless crime and a devastating loss to his family, the Wellington Park neighborhood, and the entire Horton's Kids community.“
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