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Police: Stray bullet strikes, kills 9-year-old girl sleeping in home

<p>Police say a 9-year-old girl was asleep in her bed when a stray bullet struck and killed her inside her family's Cumberland County home.</p>

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<p>Police say a 9-year-old girl was asleep in her bed when a stray bullet struck and killed her inside her family's Cumberland County home.</p>

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