neck. she was sitting next to her twin brother in their family s suv at a stop light when the bullet came through the vehicle. she is expected to make a full recovery as the james santana who will go home today after he was shot helping to take down the shooter after zachary owens from midland pd who was also hurt. these are the faces of the seven killed. they include cameron brown, an army war vet who served in afghanistan. she was driving the u.s. postal van the gunman hijacked, killed her as she was on the phone talking to her twin sister. and then there s 15-year-old leyla hernandez, who was walking out of a car dealership with her family. her brother was shot in the arm trying to protect her. as for the investigation, authority says the gunman previously failed a federal background check. although we do not know at this time when that happened.
investigators today are still searching for a motive. grieving families and friends want answers. leyla hernandez celebrated her quincenara in may. a bullet ripped through her shoulder seconds after she stepped out of a car dealership. she didn t make it to the hospital. her friends talking to cnn s ryan young at a vigil last night asked why this happened. i don t know why it happened to her, but it just did. it shouldn t have because someone that sweet and kind doesn t deserve to go through this. her hugs, they made people s days and she was the most nicist, kindest person to everyone. why did she have to go? because i still need her here. i really do. she should have never went.