A teenager who was fatally shot inside a car in Denver was a hard-working girl who enjoyed doing her nails and makeup and dreamed of becoming a manicurist or makeup artist.
The shooting happened about 6:20 p.m. Wednesday in the 5400 block of Atchinson Way, according to Denver police.
Cortez said the sisters were driving from Centennial to their maternal grandmother’s house, in Commerce City, when Jenni, who preferred taking side roads to get off the highway as soon as possible, made a wrong turn. She parked and the sisters were using a GPS to get back on track when the shooting happened.
After Aaliyah was shot, Jennifer drove off in a panic, looking for a safe, familiar place, winding up in the 4600 block of Peoria Street,Jenni Cortez, 19, left, and Aaliyah “Tati” Granados Cortez, 16, celebrate a cousin’s Sweet 16 birthday in November in this family photo. The sisters were driving together from Centennial to Commerce City when they got lost in Montbello and an unknown person shot Aaliyah while the teens were parked and using a GPS to get back on track.
Aaliyah, who lived with her paternal grandparents in Centennial, attended Grandview High School. After her grandfather was injured in an accident around the start of the school year, she took a break from schoolto go to work at Walmart to help support her grandparents, Cortez said.The shooting suspect fled the scene and remains at large, according to police.
“I do wish they would come forward, I don’t feel they were initially trying to kill my daughter,” Cortez said. “Kids, especially nowadays, there are a lot of kids killing kids, it’s ridiculous. I want them to surrender.”
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