>> narrator: there was news of her twin brother, omarlin. >> i immediately thought, "is he dead? me if he's dead." >> i want to tell you why i did it. >> narrator: omarlin had been shot. police said the shooter fled the scene. her brother survived and was recovering at home. >> i was scared and sad and disappointed and worried, but i can't show that to him. i feel like... and it is hard sometimes, but i can't show him that i'm scared. i can't show him that i'm sad or i'm disappointed, because he doesn't need that. he needs someone there to be strong for him. >> narrator: that someone most often has to be omarina herself, because their mother is frequently not at home. >> there was no question that she was going to go down and be with her family. omarina really struggles with the opportunities she has at brooks and kind of this path that's been laid out for her. you really saw the disparities in the worlds that she balances in that moment where she was so concerned about his safety and his family and making sure someone was going to be there for him because her mother was out of t