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‘I’m tired of seeing kids dying’: A community says goodbye to Simone-Monea Rogers, a 15-year-old fatally shot

Rogers, the mild-mannered teenager with an easy smile, was shot on Aug. 17 while she was playing basketball at the Jerome Brown Playground in North Philadelphia.

Lendale Rogers (center), Simone's mother, cries out in grief after kissing her daughter goodbye during the viewing at The Church of Christian Compassion, as Simone's father stands by for support on the left.
Lendale Rogers (center), Simone's mother, cries out in grief after kissing her daughter goodbye during the viewing at The Church of Christian Compassion, as Simone's father stands by for support on the left.Read moreJESSICA GRIFFIN / Staff Photographer
    by Anna Orso
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