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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Nearly a decade since Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in Orlando, he was remembered Saturday during the annual Peace Walk & Peace Talk at Ives Estate Park in Miami.
Organizers said the yearly event celebrated a successful year with motivational speakers and celebrities in Miami Gardens.
As in previous years, the event featured performances by local bands
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Trayvon was a 17-year-old who was fatally shot by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman on February 26, 2012.
In Miami-Dade, the teen was honored with a street renaming. Northeast 16th Avenue from Ives Dairy Road to NE 209th Street was renamed Trayvon Martin Avenue.
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The street leads to Dr. Michael K. Krop Senior High where Martin was an 11th-grade student.
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