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Community comes out to honor woman killed while playing 'Pokemon Go' Dozens gathered at Bianchetti Park for a candlelight vigil Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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CHRISTINE: A WOMAN PLAYING THE POPULAR POKEMON GO GAME ON HER PHONE, ENDED UP BEING SHOT AND KILLED. ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER JUSTIN MATTHEWS SHOWS US HOW FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND REMEMBERING HER, AND CELEBRATING HER LIFE TONIGHT. JUSTIN: POLICE SAY CAYLA CAMPOS WAS WITH HER BOYFRIEND PLAYING POKEMON GO LAST WEEKEND NEAR BIANCHETTI PARK. IT’S IN A NEIGHBORHOOD CLOSE TO LOMAS AND JUAN TABO BOULEVARDS. AFTER SEEING TWO MEN ROBBING SOMEONE, POLICE SAY CAYLA TRIED TURNING HER CAR AROUND BUT THE SUSPECTED ROBBERS SHOT AT THEM. CRASHED INTO A HOME. FRIENDS AND FAMILY HELD A VIGIL AT THAT PARK TONIGHT TO HONOR HER MEMORY. SHE IS UP THERE DOING GREATER THINGS FOR ALL OF US. GOD NEEDED A WARRIOR. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT SHE WAS. JUSTIN: FAMILY AND FRIENDS SURROUND CAYLA’S MEMORIAL AT BIANCHETTI PARK. IT SITS UP AGAINST A TREE WITH HER PICTURE, ROCKS AND SURROUNDED BY CANDLES. THEY TRY TO LIGHT THE CANDLES SURROUNDING THE MEMORIAL. DESPITE THE WIND BLOWING OUT THE FLAMES >> SHE ALWAYS MADE YOU FEEL LIKE THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN THE ROOM. IT IS PRETTY TOUGH. JUSTIN: NEAR HER MEMORIAL EVERYONE WROTE MESSAGES WITH CHALK ALONG THE SIDEWALK. THERE WERE A LOT OF MESSAGES AND PICTURES. I SPOKE WITH CAYLA’S UNCLE WHILE HE WAS WRITING HIS MESSAGE. >> WE ARE GOING TO MISS HER. JUSTIN: HE SAYS ONE OF HIS FONDEST MEMORIES OF CAYLA WAS TEACHING HER HOW TO SKI, AND SAYS HE WAS PLANNING ON BUYING HER A NEW PAIR OF SKIS FOR HER THIS YEAR. A LOT OF HOMICIDE GOING ON AND IT HAS BEEN A SAD THING FOR ALBUQUERQUE AN US TO LOSE SOMEONE AS INNOCENT AS MY NIECE. IT IS UNHEARD OF TO SEE CAP’ LIKE THIS HAPPEN WITH NO INCIDENT -- TO SEE CATASTROPHES LIKE THIS HAPPEN. JUSTIN: FAMILY AND FRIENDS TRYING TO HEAL, AND WRAP THEIR HEADS AROUND THIS ACT OF VIOLENCE THAT HAS SHOOK OUR COMMUNITY. TONIGHT’S VIGIL ENDED VERY ABRUPTLY. WE WERE PLANNING ON BEING LIVE AT THE PARK FOR THIS NEWSCAST BUT ABOUT AN HOUR INTO T VIGIL. THE FAMILY SUDDENLY TOLD EVERYONE TO LEAV THEY DID NOT SAY WHY BUT SAID IT WAS FOR EVERYONE’S SAFETY AND THAT POLICE HAD BEEN CALLED. I REACHED OUT TO THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THIS. A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE AGENCY TELLS ME SOMEONE CALLED TO A REPORT A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE THAT MATCHED WHAT INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING FOR. APD COULDN’T TELL ME IF INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THAT CAR RIGHT NOW. CHRISTINE: APD SAYS OFFICERS STILL HAVEN’T MADE ANY ARRESTS. INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING FOR A VITA CAR, POSS