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INDIANAPOLIS -- Two families experiencing similar pain joined forces Thursday, to urge the community to help solve recent cases of gun violence that have left young people injured or killed.The Marion County Coroner's Office confirmed Boston's 15-year-old daughter Janiya Carr was the teenager found dead at the Carriage House East Apartments near 42nd and north Mitthoeffer Road on the northeast side of Indianapolis Wednesday. Her cause of death was listed as a gunshot wound.
WRTV numbers show Janiya Carr is one of at least 19 children under 18 years old who have been killed by gun violence in Indianapolis this year. Joining Boston for an announcement at the Carriage House East Apartments Thursday morning was Chicago Community Activist Andrew Holmes. His grandson, Terrell Sword, was one of nine young people injured in a mass shooting at a party early Sunday morning. Another 16-year-old, Kalin Washington, died in the shooting.
Holmes also announced a reward for information about Carr's death, and tips that can lead to an arrest in the mass shooting. IMPD investigators have said there were multiple shooters, but have not shared information about possible suspects.
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