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Family speaks out after 68-year-old North Carolina woman shot, killed on back porch

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GASTONIA, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — "I'm going to miss her," said Gwasky Mackins, nephew of Pamela Shanks. "I'm going to miss her real bad. That was like my heart." Mackins and other family members say they want justice and answers to why Pamela Shanks died from gunfire in a Gastonia neighborhood.

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  1. FOX 46 Charlotte

    'She was a loving person': Family members still in shock after Gastonia woman shot on back porch (opens FOX 46 Charlotte)

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    GASTONIA, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- "I'm going to miss her," said Gwasky Mackins, nephew of Pamela Shanks. "I'm going to miss her real bad. That was like my heart." Mackins and other family members say they want justice and answers to why Pamela Shanks died from gunfire in a Gastonia neighborhood.

  2. FOX8 WGHP

    Family speaks out after 68-year-old North Carolina woman shot, killed on back porch (opens FOX8 WGHP)

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    FOX8 WGHP's feed description

    GASTONIA, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — "I'm going to miss her," said Gwasky Mackins, nephew of Pamela Shanks. "I'm going to miss her real bad. That was like my heart." Mackins and other family members say they want justice and answers to why Pamela Shanks died from gunfire in a Gastonia neighborhood.

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