Traelynn Sibley was days away from starting her junior year at Grandview High School when she was shot and killed inside a friend’s home in Kansas City Saturday night.

Now, instead of Traelynn picking out her outfit for the first day of school, her mother, Cassandra O’Dell, has to lay out what Traelynn will wear at her own funeral. It’s a black lace dress, one O’Dell wore to her grandfather’s funeral years before.

“I’m in disbelief,” O’Dell told The Star. “I’m in total disbelief.”

Traelynn was at a sleepover in the 3600 block of Norton Avenue when the shooting happened. Police were called to the home just after 10 p.m., where they found the 16-year-old unresponsive, according to Capt. Jake Becchina, spokesperson for the Kansas City Police Department.

The friend was a relatively new o

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