Girl, 14, shot dead while recording TikTok dance video

Aaliyah Salazar, 14, was dancing with two other children when she was killed at a Colorado home on August 7.

Two girls and a 21-year-old man have been arrested after a teen was tragically shot dead while filming a TikTok dance.

Aaliyah Salazar, 14, was dancing with two other children when she was killed at a Colorado home on August 7, The US Sun reported.

Monte Vista police responded to a call at 4.26pm when they discovered Aaliyah unresponsive.

Paramedics arrived and later confirmed that “there were no vital signs of life from the victim,” according to an affidavit.

It was later determined that she had been shot.

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Aaliyah Salazar was shot dead. Picture: Facebook

On August 12, police said two girls and a 21-year-old man named Emiliano Vargas had been arrested in connection with her death.

Investigators found that Aaliyah was filming TikTok videos with her friends before she was shot.

Police discovered one video from immediately before the shooting that reportedly shows the victim dancing.

One suspect was seen in the background “fiddling with something on the bed,” the affidavit said.

One of the teenagers said that it could have been “an accident,” KRDO TV reported.

The two juveniles were charged with felony manslaughter and misdemeanour possession of a weapon. They could face a maximum of six years in Colorado’s youth offender system.

Vargas, who is the legal owner of the gun, is not believed to have been at the property when Aaliyah was shot.

Investigators said the weapon was allegedly kept out in the open.

Aaliyah and her grandfather. Picture: Facebook

He now faces charges of providing a handgun to a juvenile, which is a class-four felony in Colorado.

Family members have spoken out against the charges and do not believe the shooting was an accident.

“The frustration I’ve got is that if you take a life, you should have to pay for it dearly, not with a slap on the hand and say don’t do it again,” Aaliyah’s grandfather Gary Salazar said.

A GoFundMe started to raise funds for Aaliyah’s headstone has amassed over $4,000.

A new district attorney is expected to review the case in September.

This story was originally published by The US Sun and was reproduced with permission

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