Friend remembers Angelica Hernandez, the 13-year-old victim shot and killed by her own brother in Salt Lake City this week.
The family has given FOX 13 News permission to show you this picture of the victim.FOX 13 News spoke with her 13-year-old best friend Thursday afternoon, who was surrounded and supported by her parents.
"They became best friends instantly, talking on the phone from the time they get up to sometimes the time they go to bed,” said Tasha Kranendonk, the best friend’s mother.She says they were trying to get on a Zoom call for their online math class through Clayton Middle School. The teen says the link wasn’t working for Hernandez, so she asked the teacher for help in letting her in.While she couldn’t see anything, the best friend says she heard two boys who walked in and Hernandez asking them to leave the room on multiple occasions.After calling out Angelica’s name and not getting a response, the teen alerted her mother about what happened.
"She couldn't speak at first, so, when I finally got her to tell me what is going on, my heart dropped,” said Kranendonk. "I called Clayton Middle School, they are the ones that contacted 911 to send first responders to the house." Salt Lake police say they found the victim critically injured when they responded to the home in the 1600 block of West Wright Circle, just after Noon on Wednesday.The shooter, later identified as her teenage brother, had left the area before later being spotted boarding a Utah Transit Authority bus.After the incident on Wednesday, the best friend and her family helped start a makeshift memorial for Hernandez outside of the home.
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