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The parents of a 4-year-old girl who was shot and killed during a road rage incident say their daughter was a “beautiful soul” and they will not rest until her killer is locked up for good.
“He took my Lilly,” Veronica Garcia, the mother of 4-year-old Illiana Garcia told NBC News on Thursday.
Lilly was riding in her family’s car with her brother and her father, Alan Garcia, Tuesday afternoon on Interstate 40 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, when another car pulled up beside them and began firing into the car in what police believe was a road rage incident.
Lilly…
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