She was an angel on earth: Sister of carjacking victim in DC speaks out [Video]

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Erica Gaines called her sister Leslie Gaines “an angel on earth.”

Leslie Gaines, 55, was affectionately known as “Amy” by family and friends. She was killed on Monday in what Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officials said was a carjacking and subsequent crash.

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Kayla Kenisha Brown, 22, allegedly jumped into the Mazda SUV that Leslie Gaines was sitting in, following her physical therapy appointment she had for her multiple sclerosis (MS) condition.

“It was just shocking because [of] the type of person that she was,” Erica Gaines said of her sister in an interview with DC News Now.

Leslie Gaines, she said, was the type of person who was quiet and stayed to herself.

“You don’t expect something like this to happen, not in a million years,” she said.

Erica Gaines said she called her sister got the news that her niece’s car was stolen after she left the car running …