Update: Shooting victim's grandmother learned of Kayla Castro's death on Facebook | Latest News | Columbus Ledger Enquirer

The Mudshark and her negro boyfriend:

The principal called Kayla a good girl and a role model. “I wish we had 1,700 more like Kayla,” he said.

Kayla, a 16-year-old Hardaway High School sophomore, the victim of a shotgun blast to the chest, was pronounced dead at 9:40 p.m. Saturday at 4944 Wellborn Drive, where police said the shooting happened in a bedroom about 9 p.m.

Kayla’s boyfriend, Benjamin Brantley, 18, was charged with her murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and possession of a sawed-off shotgun. Police say Brantley told them the shooting was an accident.

Castro said Kayla was often shy, and very smart. “We just got her last grades, A’s and B’s,” she said.

Kayla would sit with her grandmother for hours and watch television shows about crime-scene investigations such as “CSI.” The grandmother said Kayla wanted to attend Auburn University and study forensics.

Kayla learned to crochet at an early age and loved to create artwork on a computer, the grandmother said. She really loved to swim.

She also enjoyed being with friends and trying different makeup and hairstyles. Her mother is a hairstylist, and Kayla loved to spend time around the shop where her mother worked.