Teen found out her boyfriend, 16, was dead by watching video of him dying on Facebook after he was gunned down in fight between 50 people outside his high school

  • Faith Camir watched as Taylor Brantley died outside Mojave High School
  • The Las Vegas schoolboy was shot during a fight with around 50 people
  • A youngster in the crowd captured the confrontation unfold on film
  • Members of ths boy's family is urging a bystander to come forward 

By Wills Robinson For Dailymail.com

Published: 10:17 EST, 23 November 2015 | Updated: 13:10 EST, 23 November 2015

The girlfriend of a popular 16-year-old schoolboy discovered he had died by watching a Facebook video of him on the ground after he was gunned down during a fight.

Faith Camir watched as Taylor Brantley lay dying in the footage captured after a shooting outside Mojave High School in Las Vegas on Friday.

The teenager was killed after a fight broke out between approximately 50 people. His family believes he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

A youngster in the crowd captured the confrontation and posted it on social media.

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Taylor Brantley was killed outside his high school on Friday

Faith Camir watched as Taylor Brantley, 16, (left and right) lay dying on the ground in footage captured following a shooting outside Mojave High School in Las Vegas on Friday

A witness told the Las Vegas Review Journal the scuffle started between two people, but grew until someone fired eight shots.

Police are yet to make any arrests and said they are not ready to identify a suspect.

Camir told the newspaper Brantley loved 'making people feel better' and always smiled.

'I still don't know how to feel. He's not gone until I see him in a casket,' she added.  

A makeshift memorial with roses, teddy bears candles was set up outside the high school on Saturday as friends and family paid tribute to the schoolboy, also known as Tay Meez.

At one point an SUV drove up alongside the mourners and shouted that Brantley died like a gangster because it's what happens when you 'act like a gangster'. 

The teenager died after a fight broke out between around 50 people, and his family believes he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. The scene is pictured hours after the shooting

The teenager died after a fight broke out between around 50 people, and his family believes he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. The scene is pictured hours after the shooting

A makeshift memorial with roses, teddy bears candles was set up outside the high school on Saturday as friends and family paid tribute to the schoolboy, also known as Tay Meez

A makeshift memorial with roses, teddy bears candles was set up outside the high school on Saturday as friends and family paid tribute to the schoolboy, also known as Tay Meez

The victim’s great aunt, Twila Oliver, told KTNV: 'He was an amazing kid. He was really funny. He was really popular. He was bright in school. His passion was basketball and he was really good at math.

'Taylor wasn't the target. Taylor just happened to be standing there in the wrong place at the wrong time.'

They are now urging someone in the crowd to come forward and give police information on the suspect.  

Last year, a police report obtained by the Review-Journal showed Brantley was questioned in the September 5, 2014, shooting death of Andrea Lafon, 20.

Police said it was a marijuana deal gone wrong. A Mojave student was charged with murder.

Brantley told detectives he had seen the boy, now a 17-year-old senior at Mojave, with a gun when the fatal shot was fired.

His family have set up a GoFundMe page to help cover funeral expenses.  

Taylor's mother Tanza (right) was too emotional to speak after the shooting. The teenager's great aunt Twila Oliver (left) said Taylor was in the wrong place at the wrong time

Taylor's mother Tanza (right) was too emotional to speak after the shooting. The teenager's great aunt Twila Oliver (left) said Taylor was in the wrong place at the wrong time

 

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