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Chicago Family Prepares for Bradley Student's Funeral

Family members are finalizing the funeral details for a Bradley University student from Chicago who was shot dead at an off-campus party earlier this month. 

Nasjay Murry's funeral will be held this weekend in Chicago. 

A 16-year-old boy is charged with one count of first-degree murder in the case and more charges are expected.  Jermontay Brock is charged as an adult and made his first court appearance Friday, April 13. 

Murry was studying biomedical science at the Peoria school. The 18-year-old's father says she dreamed of being the first doctor in the family. 

Murry graduated from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. College Preparatory High School. She was accepted to several colleges, including Brown University, an Ivy League school in Providence, Rhode Island. She decided to attend Bradley in order to stay near family.

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