Valentina Orellana-Peralta, 14, was in a a Burlington store dressing room and trying on a dress for her quinceañera when she was fatally shot.
When Valentina and her mother heard the disturbance outside, Valentina locked the dressing room door, the family said.
Peralta spoke with a handwritten placard dangling from her neck reading, “Justicia para nuestra hija Valentina,” Spanish for “Justice for our daughter Valentina.” The family had just ordered a skateboard for her, and it arrived on Friday, Christmas Eve, a day after she died.
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