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Stray bullet claims the life of Kansas City journalist on Friday

Aviva Okeson-Haberman was 24 years old

(AP) – A young public radio journalist has died after being struck by a stray bullet inside her Kansas City apartment. Aviva Okeson-Haberman, 24, was struck by a bullet Friday afternoon while she was in her first-floor apartment, according to KCUR, where she worked. Okeson-Haberman had been covering Missouri government and politics at the station where she had worked since 2019 after graduating from the University of Missouri. After news of Okeson-Haberman’s death broke Sunday, many colleagues and public officials, including Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas, offered memories and condolences on Twitter.

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