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Community gathers to mourn 17-year-old Nyheem Wright, who was fatally stabbed in Coney Island

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NEW YORK — There are calls for justice for a teenager who was fatally stabbed in Coney Island, Brooklyn.

The community came together Tuesday to remember 17-year-old Nyheem Wright.

His mother says last week, he was chased down and stabbed by a group of teenagers.

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She believes he was targeted for defending a girl the group was after.

“I am very angry because I lost my son, and y’all don’t understand what they took from me. They took a lot from me and his brother. They took a lot. His twin brother is lost. And it’s not fair, and I want justice … All who is involved, I want them arrested,” she said.

The teenager, one of nine brothers, was graduating early from high school and would have been the first in the family to earn a high school diploma.

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