now envision brooke morris standing there and brooke feels like she's been punched in the throat. she's been shot. brooke feels like a bomb goes off in her body, this is the second shot, and it tears through her chest. she's terrified, and she's in extreme pain. thank you, you can open your eyes. >> reporter: the final minutes of a young woman's life detailed in a tennessee courtroom. a tragedy that devastated her family and friends. >> "this is -- cannot be happening." >> it was really the worst day of my entire life. >> who would do this to our friend brooke. it was awful. it was horrible. it was a horrible time. >> reporter: secrets exposed, but would justice be served? >> it was never ending, never ending. and i was so frustrated. >> reporte most people who knew brooke morris remember r radiance and zest for life. >> she was always, always, always dancing everywhere she went. >> reporter: kaitlyn okal met brooke when they were teenagers, growing up just outside knoxville, tennessee brooke the yin to kaitlyn's yang. >> we kind of balanced each other out. she was -- a girly girl