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Vigil held for young mother gunned down while holding her baby girl

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PITTSBURGH — Loved ones remembered a young mother Tuesday night, who was gunned down in front of her 7-month-old daughter.

"Nicki needs justice, right is right, wrong is wrong," said Brandi Boyd, Nicole Dailey's cousin. She described her as bubbly, family oriented and loving to sing. "We are devastated. We're crushed. She didn't deserve it. She didn't deserve it."

It was Sunday night when police tell Channel 11 Nicki was gunned down, shot multiple times across the street from her home on North Charles Street in Perry South, with her baby girl Nia reportedly in her arms.

A vigil was held in the very spot Nicki lost her life, organized by a childhood friend.

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"This ain't right. This can not be our lives," said Lachelle Allen. "We can not get used to this."

More than a hundred people turned out -- family, friends and strangers all prayed together and vowed to join together for peace and justice for Nicki.

Police have not made any arrests.

 
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