Number	24878
Subject	Murders
Source	Mother Jones
State	CA
Year	2010
Publication Date	Nov./Dec. 2010
Summary	LeDuff investigates who death Aiyana Stanely-Jones, a seven-year-old who was shot and killed when Detroit police raided an East Side home where she slept on the couch. Police were looking for a murder suspect, and Aiyana ended up dead. The story "is a powerful heartbreaking elegy for a child, a city and our civic duties."
Category	Contest Entry -- Tom Renner Award Category
Pages	18
Keywords	crime; murder; Detroit; poverty; police reports; FOIA; homicide
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