3 People Charged After Colorado Teen Is Shot Dead Recording TikTok Video

Photo: GoFundMe

Three people have been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old girl that occurred while posting a TikTok video.

On Sunday, Aug. 7 at approximately 4:26 p.m., police officers were called to a home and found Aaliyah Salazar unconscious. When Emergency Medical Services arrived, they confirmed that “there were no vital signs or signs of life from the victim.”

Salazar had been shot in the head while filming a TikTok video and a Glock 19-9mm was found at the scene.

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After viewing video footage captured immediately before the shooting, police say they saw that Salazar was dancing with “someone in the background fiddling with something.”

According to family member Jessica Ornelas, who created aGoFundMeon behalf of Salazar’s grandfather, Gary Salazar, for funeral costs, Aaliyah had recently graduated from the 8th grade at Monte Vista Middle School and would have been a freshman at Monte Vista High School this year.

source: people.com