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A Grand Rapids street will not be named in honor of a gun violence victim after a weekslong process by his dad to do so.
A street in Grand Rapids will not bear the name of Amillier Penn, a teenage victim of gun violence who lost his life more than a year ago.
Amillier Penn was shot and killed last summer. Despite his father’s wishes, the street where he died will not be renamed in his honor.
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