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Mourning Chapel Hill shooting victims

Updated 10:12 AM ET, Thu February 12, 2015

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A woman cries during a vigil on Wednesday, February 11, as she watches photos projected on a screen of three people killed at an apartment near the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Much of the college community is grieving at vigils and prayer services after three Muslim students -- Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23; his wife, Yusor Mohammad, 21; and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19 -- were found shot to death Tuesday, February 10. Craig Stephen Hicks has been charged with murder in their deaths.
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A woman cries during a vigil on Wednesday, February 11, as she watches photos projected on a screen of three people killed at an apartment near the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Much of the college community is grieving at vigils and prayer services after three Muslim students -- Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23; his wife, Yusor Mohammad, 21; and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19 -- were found shot to death Tuesday, February 10. Craig Stephen Hicks has been charged with murder in their deaths.
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University Chancellor Carol Folt addresses mourners gathered on campus February 11.
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University Chancellor Carol Folt addresses mourners gathered on campus February 11.
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Nida Allam, a senior at North Carolina State University, rests her head on Asheen Allam during a vigil in Chapel Hill on February 11.
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Nida Allam, a senior at North Carolina State University, rests her head on Asheen Allam during a vigil in Chapel Hill on February 11.
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People attend a vigil at the Chapel Hill campus on February 11.
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People attend a vigil at the Chapel Hill campus on February 11.
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People light candles to honor the victims on February 11.
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People light candles to honor the victims on February 11.
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People embrace near a makeshift memorial at the close of a February 11 vigil.
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People embrace near a makeshift memorial at the close of a February 11 vigil.
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Dental students make the North Carolina State University Wolfpack sign following a candlelight vigil in Chapel Hill on February 11. One of the victims, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, was studying architecture at North Carolina State. Another, Deah Shaddy Barakat, was a second-year student at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry. His wife, Yusor Mohammad, had recently been accepted to study there next year.
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Dental students make the North Carolina State University Wolfpack sign following a candlelight vigil in Chapel Hill on February 11. One of the victims, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, was studying architecture at North Carolina State. Another, Deah Shaddy Barakat, was a second-year student at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry. His wife, Yusor Mohammad, had recently been accepted to study there next year.
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Thousands join a vigil at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill after three students were shot to death at an apartment near campus.