memphis zoo museums offer free admission to residents in wake of recent tragedies

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In order to aid locals in coping and healing after recent tragedies that have wracked the city

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a number of Memphis attractions are providing free admission on Friday.

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The free services are being provided two days after a madman shot randomly across Memphis, killing four people and injuring three others.

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three days after Eliza Fletcher, a Tennessee heiress and teacher who was killed, was found.

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Many Memphians are still in disbelief after the devastating attacks.

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Following the gun spree on Wednesday, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland remarked during a midnight press conference

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"The citizens of our city were confronted with the sort of brutality no one should have to endure."

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While covering the Wednesday night shootings for an NBC affiliate station in Memphis, a local reporter started to cry.

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which Ezekiel Kelly, 19, is accused of carrying out.

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