Friends, family remember big sister, student athlete killed in shooting
Family members and classmates of 15-year-old Phillexus Buchanan prepare to release balloons in her honor after she was fatally shot at a Whitehaven gas station on Friday, Dec. 3. She was one of two teens killed in the shooting that also injured a 9-month-old boy and his mother. (Yolanda Jones/Daily Memphian)
Two teenaged girls were killed at a Marathon gas station Friday; it’s the third incident in less than year in which a teen has been killed at the site.
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Yolanda Jones
Yolanda Jones covers criminal justice issues and general assignment news for The Daily Memphian. She previously was a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.
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