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Gazebo Where Tamir Rice Was Killed In Cleveland, To Be Unveiled In Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS) --The gazebo where a 12-year-old African-American boy was killed by a white officer in Cleveland is being rebuilt in Chicago on Sunday as a temporary memorial and meeting spot.

 

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The gazebo at Cudell Commons Park in Cleveland, Ohio, where 12-year-old Tamir Rice was fatally shot by police. (Photo credit: JORDAN GONZALEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Tamir Rice was fatally shot in 2014 when officers answered a call of someone with a gun.

Rice had a pellet gun and two years later, crews dismantled the gazebo.

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Tamir Rice (Credit: Attorney Timothy J. Kucharski via CBS Affiliate WOIO)

The rebuilt gazebo will be unveiled today outside the Stony Island Arts Bank, 6760 S Stony Island Ave.

Workers have recreated what Rice's mother calls a piece of history.

She received $6 million from the city of Cleveland in a wrongful death lawsuit. Tamir Rice would have turned 17 years old on Tuesday.

 

 

 

 

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