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Police say 16-year-old girl found shot in Lawrence was murdered

The girl's body was discovered at the Maison Gardens apartment complex around 7 a.m. Thursday morning.
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LAWRENCE (WTHR) - Police in Lawrence now say a 16-year-old girl found shot Thursday morning was murdered.

An autopsy on Shiloh Britton found she died of a single gunshot wound.

She was found dead at Maison Garden apartments in the family’s second floor unit near 42nd and Post.

Police tell Eyewitness News people heard some kind of disturbance sometime before the shooting.

Police are still investigating and have not yet named a suspect in the case. They say the general public is not at risk.

This is the sixth homicide in Lawrence this year.

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