Aniya Edwards, a.k.a. “Niya” was murdered on Friday, August 5, 2016 at approximately 11:09 p.m. Aniya was in Pontiac visiting friends. Fifteen minutes after her arrival, a compact car slowly drove by. The car turned back toward Aniya and her friends and parked. Several masked men exited the car and started shooting multiple shots toward Aniya and her friends. Aniya and two others were hit by the gunfire. Aniya was taken to the local hospital by police but did not survive. The incident took place in the 70 block of Thorpe St between Liberty St. and M-59 in the city of Pontiac.
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