Police said 16-year-old Oluwadurotimi Oyebola, or Timi, was playing basketball in Brownsville with friends after school September 21 when he was suddenly shot in the head and killed.
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Two shots were fired from more than 100 feet away.
Friends and family marched from his high school Monday to remember a teen who had a bright future before being killed on the playground.
"If our kids are not safe in their own playgrounds where they come out to play basketball, it's just sad that a young man dies like this and it's senseless," said community activist Michael Thomas. "So we're here to support the kids and we're here to send a message that if you feel this, imagine the pain that his family feels."
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Police released a photo of the teen suspected of firing the shots, 14-year-old Aaron Nathaniel.
Police said the suspect may have targeted another person playing basketball, not Oyebola.
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