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Whitni Self, 18, 13 days shy of her 19th birthday, a 2005 graduate of Paul G. Blazer High School (Ashland), died early this morning. Shots rang out around 11pm last night on the 2400 block of Blackburn Avenue. Self was taken to the hospital but passed away early this morning.

Aaron Evans Caldwell Jr (the name may be wrong or even misspelled but that's what I thought I heard on the news this morning) was arrested in regards to the shooting by Ashland police.

Both were just teenagers.



What a terrible story. I didn't know either of them, but was able to look up Whitni Self in the school yearbook, she was a year younger than me. This kind of tragedy is a rare event in the area. Everyone feels so safe and secure in Ashland, it is and always has been a great place where you can leave your doors unlocked, walk around at night, and always say hi to a friend and stranger alike and always get a cheerful reply. A very saddening story for the city.