But Jacqueline Vela’s sister, Brandy Vela, fatally shot herself that November day. “We tried to persuade her to put the gun down, but she was determined,” Brandy Vela’s father, Raul Vela, told KHOU-TV. You feel helpless.”In interviews with local media outlets, Vela’s family has alleged the teen was cyberbullied before her death, saying that she had been harassed for some time. “During the investigation Texas City Police Detectives were informed that the deceased was a possible victim of Cyberbullying,” the agency said in the release. She was, Raul Vela told the newspaper, “doing what every parent would want their daughter to do.”“Everybody is devastated, of course,” Raul Vela told KPRC-TV.

Source: Washington Post December 04, 2016 12:00 UTC