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Teen shot dead while delivering newspapers was working to buy his sister a gift

CHICAGO - For his sister's 12th birthday, Brian Jasso wanted to buy her Skullcandy headphones.

But he also wanted to take his girlfriend out on a date, and the 15-year-old didn't have enough money to do both. He got up before the sun rose Sunday to help his mother's boyfriend deliver newspapers to earn the extra cash. The mother's boyfriend, 28, previously identified as his stepfather, offered to give the teen money so he could go back to sleep. Jasso wanted to work.

"I like to work and I have to earn it," the boyfriend, who asked not

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