Murder of Hadiya Pendleton

[1] As a student at King College Prep High School, she was killed only one week after performing at events for President Barack Obama’s second inauguration.

[4] Pendleton's mother, Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton, went onstage but did not speak at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.

In January 2012, he pleaded guilty to aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, and was sentenced to two years of probation.

Williams was also found guilty of aggravated battery to her friends, Sebastian Moore and Lawrence Sellers.

[10] On August 23, 2018, a jury found Ward guilty of first degree murder in the death of Pendleton.