CHICAGO (AP) - Dozens of American flags line the outside of a Chicago funeral home where mourners have gathered to pay respects to a 21-year-old soldier who was killed at Fort Hood.
Pvt. Francheska Velez was among the 13 people killed when a fellow soldier allegedly opened fire at the Texas Army base earlier this month. Hundreds gathered to remember Velez on Thursday at Montclair Lucania Funeral Home. Many wore T-shirts with her photo. Some read "We will miss you." Velez was a Chicago native who had recently returned from deployment in Iraq because she was pregnant. She'll be buried at Mount Olive Cemetery.