Crime & Safety
Memorial Service Set for Kayla Allen
Cracker Barrel shooting victim will be remembered Monday, May 21
A memorial service has been set for 11 a.m. Monday for , the 10-year-old victim of the Cracker Barrel shootings.
The service is at Grace Church, 7393 Pearl Rd. in Middleburg Heights.
Kayla fought for her life more more than a month after the April 12 shootings that . Her father, as he left the Brooklyn restaurant after shooting his wife and daughters.
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Kayla, who was shot in the face, was at MetroHealth Medical Center until last week, when she went into hospice care.
A family friend has set up a Facebook page hundreds of people have about Kayla, who was a fifth-grader at .
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Several fundraisers are still planned, including a Dinner and Movie Night at Chapman and a Summer Splash at the . Check the Facebook page for details.
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