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SAN JOSE, CA AUGUST 4, 2019: Keyla Salazar, a 13-year-old girl was killed in the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting last Sunday. Today would have been her 14 birthday. Family and friends gathered around and released butterflies honoring Keyla in San Jose, CA August 4, 2019. (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times)
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Mother of 13-year-old killed girl in Gilroy mass shooting: “She took my hand and looked up at the sky.”

SAN JOSE, CA AUGUST 4, 2019: Keyla Salazar, a 13-year-old girl was killed in the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting last Sunday. Today would have been her 14 birthday. Family and friends gathered around and released butterflies honoring Keyla in San Jose, CA August 4, 2019. (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times)

Family and friends in San Jose release butterflies honoring Keyla on what would have been her 14th birthday on Aug. 4. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

SAN JOSE, CA AUGUST 4, 2019: Keyla Salazar, a 13-year-old girl was killed in the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting last Sunday. Today would have been her 14 birthday. Mariachi Jalisciense play music as family and friends gathered honoring Keyla in San Jose, CA August 4, 2019. (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times)

A mariachi band plays music as family and friends honor Keyla in San Jose. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

SAN JOSE, CA AUGUST 3, 2019: Keyla Salazar, a 13-year-old girl was killed in the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting last Sunday. Keyla’s mother Lorena Pimentel de Salazar, 35, middle, along with family and friends participated in a vigil honoring her daughter in San Jose, CA August 3, 2019. (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times)

Keyla’s mother, Lorena Pimentel de Salazar, 35, middle, along with family and friends, participate in a vigil honoring her daughter in San Jose. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

SAN JOSE, CA AUGUST 2, 2019: Keyla Salazar, a 13-year-old girl was killed in the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting last Sunday. People surround and hug Keyla’s mother Lorena Pimentel de Salazar, middle, at Zumba class at Dancing Angel’z Blvd (CQ) during a fundraiser in San Jose, CA August 2, 2019. Keyla’s family attended the event very briefly. Normally about 20 people participate in the Zumba class. Well over 100 people participated in this fundraiser Zumba class. (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times)

People surround and hug Keyla’s mother, Lorena Pimentel de Salazar, middle, at a Zumba class fundraiser at Dancing Angel’z Blvd in San Jose. (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times)

SAN JOSE, CA AUGUST 2, 2019: Keyla Salazar, a 13-year-old girl was killed in the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting last Sunday. Grandmother Betzabe Vargas Fabes, 59, left, mother Lorena Pimentel de Salazar, middle, and Rocio Caetano, right, at the Zumba class at The Dancing Angel’z Blvd (CQ) during a fundraiser in San Jose, CA August 2, 2019. Keyla’s family attened the fundraiser briefly. Normally about 20 people participate in the Zumba class. Well over 100 people participated in this fundraiser Zumba class. (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times)

Grandmother Betzabe Vargas Fabes, 58, left, mother Lorena Pimentel de Salazar, middle, and Rocio Caetano, right, at a fundraising Zumba class in San Jose. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times )

SAN JOSE, CA AUGUST 2, 2019: Keyla Salazar, a 13-year-old girl was killed in the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting on Sunday. Her mother Lorena de Salazar, 35, hugs her cousin Hans Bludau, as they grieve in the living room San Jose, CA August 2, 2019. There are flowers, candles, and photographs in the living room. (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times)

Lorena Pimentel de Salazar, 35, hugs her cousin Hans Bludau as they grieve in the living room, filled with flowers, candles and photographs. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

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Mother of 13-year-old killed girl in Gilroy mass shooting: “She took my hand and looked up at the sky.”

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