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3-year-old boy killed in shooting days after celebrating birthday [Video]

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) – It’s a tragedy in Indianapolis after a 3-year-old boy was killed Monday night in a double shooting.

The incident happened at a shopping center; the young boy had just celebrated his birthday over the weekend.

People are still trying to wrap their heads around how 3-year-old Armonie Booker died.

“As soon as I seen it on social media, I just threw my phone because I was angry because how could you kill a 3-year-old?” Tiah Gathings, Armonie’s barber, asked.

Gathings says she’s been cutting Armonie’s hair for about a year-and-a-half now. She cut his hair for his birthday.

“We were just talking about his birthday,” Gathings said. We were just like, ‘Your birthday coming up now. You going to be a big boy now,’ and he was just saying, ‘Yes, yes, Ms. Tiah,’ and I was just like, ‘OK.’”

Gathings says when Armonie was sitting in her …

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