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Mississippi teen killed after graduation

JACKSON, Miss. – Kennedy Hobbs was a young woman who was just starting her life.

An entrepreneur, she started her own waxing business at the age of 17. In a video posted to Facebook, William Edwards, a close friend of Hobbs' family, said she was preparing to do the right things and had a bright future.

"This is where Kennedy was supposed to grow up and be successful and do her thing," he said, showing her small studio, Kaay's Waxing Bar.

The 18-year-old was gunned down around 10:45 p.m. Tuesday at a Texaco gas station in Jackson, said Sam Brown, spokesperson for the Jackson Police Department.

This frame grab from video provided by Jackson Public School District shows Kennedy Hobbs, left. The 18-year-old Hobbs was shot three times at a Texaco gas station in Jackson, Miss., just hours after her graduation from Murrah High School. She died at the scene just before 11 p.m., Jackson Police Department spokesman Sam Brown said. (Jackson Public School District via AP)

Brown said Hobbs suffered multiple gunshot wounds and died at the scene. Four witnesses were brought in for questioning Wednesday, he said, and the agency is currently searching for a possible suspect in the case. No other details have been released.

Family and friends called on city officials and law enforcement Wednesday to do more to solve her murder and address Jackson's growing crime rate.




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