'It's crazy because we get her out of Chicago,' her father said, 'and you send your child away, to find out she couldn't escape it.'
Deja Reaves, a college student from Chicago, was shot and killed while attending a party near the North Carolina A&T campus in Greensboro.A college student from Chicago was shot and killed near the campus of her North Carolina university.&T in Greensboro. Her parents spoke about their unimaginable loss.
It's a parent's worst nightmare: Frazier and LaTroya Reaves sent their 18-year-old daughter off to college, and months into her freshman year, the unimaginable happens.Deja, a Chicago native, was killed in a shooting near North Carolina A"It's crazy because we get her out of Chicago," Frazier said, "and you send your child away, to find out she couldn't escape it.
An honors student with big dreams, her parents said Deja sang, played guitar, and always tried to lift people's spirits.The oldest of seven siblings, Deja graduated from Ogden International School in Chicago. Her parents are now calling for more security around college campuses so other parents don't have to go through what they are.
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