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9-year-old girl dies after being shot while jumping on trampoline in Minneapolis

Person shot from vehicle toward house

Trinity Rayne Ottoson-Smith (Nicole Ottoson)

MINNEAPOLIS – A 9-year-old Minnesota girl has died after being shot in the head while playing on a trampoline in Minneapolis, according to family.

Trinity Rayne Ottoson-Smith died on Friday (May 28) after being in the hospital for two weeks.

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Trinity was shot on May 15 while jumping on a trampoline with other children.

A person shot from a vehicle that was driving in an alley toward the house where the children were playing, according to CNN. The suspect then fled the scene.

The family has set up a GoFundMe page.

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