Family, community members, elected officials and activists released balloons Friday night in honor of Reign Ware, 5, who was shot to death early Sunday morning on the Near West Side.
Raven Adams, center, attends a memorial on May 31, 2024, days after her daughter Reign Ware, 5, was fatally shot. Family, activists and residents rallied and released balloons Friday night on the Near West Side to honor the life of Reign Ware, 5, who was shot and killed Sunday.
On Friday evening, about 100 people surrounded Reign’s mother, Raven Adams, hoisting pictures and a cardboard cutout of the girl over their heads in an open field near the reported site of the shooting before they let go of balloons in the shape of unicorns and hearts. The cutout featured a unicorn and the words “forever Reign.”She held a bouquet of flowers and wore a pendant that read “always in our hearts.
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