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Breaking News: Daughter Of Chicago Community Activist Andrew Holmes Killed In Shootout At An Indianapolis Gas Station

This story is such a tragedy, the daughter of Chicago Community Activist Andrew Holmes was killed in a shootout at a gas station in Indianapolis.  Andrew Holmes is usually the first to speak up about the horrible things taking place in and on the streets of Chicago. Now the very thing he advocates has muddled its way into his own life again.  His nephew was wounded by a stray bullet in 2014 and now his daughter Tamara Sword has been fatally wounded by a stray bullet to the chest.

EarHustle411 sends our condolences and prayers to Andrew Holmes. 

Read more as reported by CBS:

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(CBS/AP) — The daughter of Chicago community activist Andrew Holmes was killed in a shooting in Indianapolis early Saturday morning, Holmes said.

Tamara Sword, 32, was with a friend when she stopped at a gas station and shots rang out, Holmes said. Sword was wounded in the chest and transported to the hospital were she later died.

Police were called to the scene around 2:30 a.m. and saw a group of people who fled when they arrived. Holmes said the a fight that started at a nearby club continued to the gas station and more than 45 shell casings were found.

Police also found the body of a man underneath a car. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Sword, a mother of five, moved to Indianapolis seven years ago.

The man who’s handed out fliers, looking for clues and witnesses to solve crimes in Chicago, is in Indianapolis tonight trying to understand what happened to his own child.

It is not the first time a member of Holmes’ family has been the victim of a crime. In September of 2014, Holmes’ nephew Marquis Stewart was wounded in a shooting in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood. Holmes himself was wounded in a shooting 26 years ago.

Source: CBS

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