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Cause of death
  
Homicide

Name
  
Tara Correa-McMullen

Other names
  
Tara Correa

Role
  
Actress

Occupation
  
Actress

Movies
  
Rebound

Years active
  
1994–2005


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Full Name
  
Shalvah McMullen

Born
  
May 24, 1989 (
1989-05-24
)

Resting place
  
Relatives
  
Abigail Correa-McMullen (sister)

Died
  
October 21, 2005, Inglewood, California, United States

Buried
  
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States

Parents
  
Thomas McMullen, Devra Correa

Similar People
  
Rob Knox, Steven Christopher Parker, Oren Williams, Scotty Beckett, Judith Barsi

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Tara Correa-McMullen (born Shalvah McMullen; May 24, 1989 – October 21, 2005) was an American actress. She played gang member Graciela Reyes on the CBS TV series Judging Amy. On October 21, 2005, she was shot dead in front of an apartment complex in Inglewood, California.

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Early life

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Tara Correa-McMullen was born Shalvah McMullen in Westminster, Vermont to mother Mary Devra Correa and father Thomas McMullen. In 1996, she, her mother, and her older sister Abigail moved to Northern California, and later settled in Venice, an affluent neighborhood of Los Angeles. Correa-McMullen attended Claremont Middle School and later Venice High School, where she sang in the school's choir.

Career

Correa-McMullen's only film role was in the 2005 film Rebound, when her mother, who was working for a casting company at the time, recommended her daughter for the role. Correa-McMullen had no acting experience prior to landing the role. She later won a part as a recurring character on the CBS TV series Judging Amy as a young gang member, and she appeared in several episodes during the series' sixth season. Correa-McMullen also had a small role on one episode of Zoey 101.

Murder

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In early 2005, 16-year-old Correa-McMullen moved into her own apartment in Inglewood, California and began dating a gang member ten years her senior. On the evening of October 21, 2005, she was shot to death by gang member Damien Watts. At the time of her death, Correa-McMullen was outside her apartment complex, and was trying to run inside for safety. Two other people were also shot in the incident, but survived. She is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles.

Aftermath

Damien Watts was charged with one count of murder and two counts of attempted murder on March 1, 2006. On January 23, 2009, he was convicted of Correa-McMullen's murder. He was also convicted of killing Thomas Sanders in a separate incident. Watts was sentenced to five life sentences without parole on February 27, 2009. Watts' accomplice in the shooting spree, Joseph Wayne Jones, was also sentenced to life without parole.

In 2007, Tara Correa-McMullen was profiled on the E! documentary series Boulevard of Broken Dreams.

Filmography

Actress
2005
Rebound as
Big Mac (as Tara Correa)
2004
Judging Amy (TV Series) as
Graciela Reyes
- Getting Out (2005) - Graciela Reyes
- Sorry I Missed You (2005) - Graciela Reyes
- Hard to Get (2005) - Graciela Reyes
- Dream a Little Dream (2005) - Graciela Reyes
- 10,000 Steps (2005) - Graciela Reyes
- Silent Era (2005) - Graciela Reyes
- Lullaby (2004) - Graciela Reyes
2005
Zoey 101 (TV Series) as
Ridgeway Girl
- Disc Golf (2005) - Ridgeway Girl (as Tara Correa)
Self
2007
Blvd. of Broken Dreams (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Self
- Frey/Chubbuck (2007) - Self

References

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