Images from the life of Mario Hornsby, Jr.
By PHOENIX STAFF | August 28, 2008
Mike Miliard looks at the story of Mario Hornsby Jr., a Brandeis-bound basketball player who was gunned down in Springfield.
Photos courtesy the Hornsby family
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