Pierce Curry, 17, was shot and killed early Tuesday morning, as he and his friends drove in the 6200 block of S. State St. Curry was preparing for his senior year in high school, and hoped to go to college after that, his mother said. She and his sisters shared their memories of him in this short video.
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