Overwhelmed with grief, she shared with ABC11 that there are gifts under her Christmas tree that her daughter will never get to open.
"She was my miracle baby. She was born premature. She came home in 2012 right before Christmas and now she's leaving right before Christmas," her mom said. "She was a helper who was friendly, smart and bubbly. Just had this personality that we aren't going to get back."
Goldsboro police arrested three teenage boys in connection with Tune's death. Investigators said she was killed just after 4:30 Sunday afternoon in the 200 block of Alpha Court.
"I held her in her last moments," said J'Sheeyah Tune, who is the victim's sister.
J'Sheeyah Tune held her sister as she took her final breath. She said the pair walked to get something to eat. On the way home, she told ABC11 that a group of boys she didn't know jumped out of the bushes and started shooting. She frantically turned around looking for her sister and that's when she saw Jaleeyah had been shot.
"She looked so scared. I was scared myself. I hate to see her like that. There was blood all on my hands. I didn't want to wipe it off. I still felt her presence. I felt her still with me," said Tune.
Loved ones affectionately called Jaleeyah, "Lee Lee." She was a seventh grader who had a big personality.
"She didn't deserve this at all. People are very cruel. Now, I have to live on without my sister," she said.
Police said this remains an active investigation.
One of the three teens made a first appearance on Monday. The others are scheduled to follow this week