A killing near school hits home
by Sonali Kohli, Los Angeles Times
Apr 02, 2019
4 minutes
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LOS ANGELES - Brigitte Green hasn't entered her son's bedroom since she replaced his doorknob with a lock.
That was the day she returned home from the hospital without him.
Her son, Monyae Ikeyli Jackson, was 15. As he and three friends walked from a party early last May 13, they were gunned down. Two survived. Monyae and La'marrion Upchurch, also 15, were killed.
The deaths shook local schools and shattered friends. They left Green grieving while she tries to keep the rest of her family going.
Monyae was the fifth of six children. The youngest, Aaliyah, was 14 when he died.
She is a cheerleader at Washington Prep High School. On an application for a girls leadership program, she described
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