CHICAGO ALDERMAN DAVID MOORE, CITY LEADERS, FAMILY, AND CLERGYMEN TO CELEBRATE AND REMEMBER THE BEAUTIFUL KAYLYN PRYOR
POPULAR CHICAGO AREA MODEL KILLED IN SENSELESS DRIVE-BY SHOOTING TO BE HONORED BY WAY OF STREET NAMING
CHICAGO ALDERMAN DAVID MOORE, CITY LEADERS, FAMILY, AND CLERGYMEN TO CELEBRATE AND REMEMBER THE
BEAUTIFUL KAYLYN PRYOR
Alderman David Moore of the 17th Ward of Chicago- will be joined by Chicago Elected Officials, Clergymen, Chicago Police, residents, and the family of slain popular model Kaylyn Pryor in a special street naming in her honor.
Pryor, 20, and a 15-year-old boy were on a sidewalk in the 7300 block of South May Street about 6:20 p.m. Monday when someone in a passing dark-colored SUV fired shots, hitting them. Pryor was shot under her right arm; the teen was struck in the groin area and survived.
The Chicago Police confirmed that Pryor was an "unintended target" of gunfire.
Just two weeks prior to being murdered, Pryor had won the "Mario, Make Me a Model" competition. She had competed with almost five hundred other applicants over several months, getting makeovers and runway lessons, leading up to a fashion show in Chicago. She was featured in newspaper stories as a rising star.
Pryor had graduated from Evanston Township High School, where she had been a cheerleader and a member of the soccer and track teams. She had begun attending Robert Morris University Illinois to get a degree as a paralegal. She had also just signed a contract with Factor Women, a professional modeling agency.
Alderman Moore will join Pryor’s father, Alan Scott in making a new plea for answers nearly seven years later.
“Our community is still saddened by Kaylyn’s death. The corner of 74th and May has remained an eyesore to our residents. By naming the corner after this beautiful woman we can now bring sunlight to an intersection that has been clouded with darkness since this tragedy” says Alderman Moore.
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