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619:... The 29-year-old Nashville resident posted a photo of himself in Florida with several students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 people were killed in a Feb. 14 mass shooting ... Shaw posted a photo of himself with Gonzalez on Saturday, saying he "met one of my heros today.
1033:"r/MkeBucks - 2019 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game box score - recap: Despite Marc Lasry posting a freakish 0/2/0/2/0 line and Ray Allen chipping in with 24/9/5/1/1 (and late-game heroics), our Away (0-1) is narrowly defeated by Home (1-0) by the score of 80-82 - 02/15/2019 GO AWAY (team)!"
791:... He then hid in the restaurant's toilet area but the gunman shot through the door, injuring his arm. ... A customer who wrestled a gun from a naked attacker who killed four people at a Waffle House in Nashville, Tennessee on Sunday has described his deed as a 'selfish act'
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762:... The GoFundMe campaign, by Thursday afternoon, had raked in just under $ 165,000 – 11 times its goal – since the attack last Sunday left four people dead. That number is now over $ 212,000. ...
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