DENVER -- The parents of the 10-year-old Denver girl who died after being caught in the crossfire of what police said was a gang or drug shootout promote a gang lifestyle on their MySpace pages.

Auralia Cisneros died after being shot in the head at her home late Monday. Police said two armed men outside the Cisneros' West Denver apartment were engaged in a shootout with the girl's father inside the apartment at the time.

Police have said the shootout was drug-or gang-related, an allegation disputed by friends of the family.

"They're not gang members, they're not drug dealers," said Sarah Cisneros at a vigil for Auralia Friday night.

"What's been on the news isn't right, they've twisted everything." Cisneros said.

The Rocky Mountain News published a photo that it said was taken from a MySpace page for her mother that showed Cisneros flashing a sign for Denver West Side while another photo of her is captioned "stayin gangsta."

The girl's father is shown in two other photos brandishing what appears to be a semi-automatic handgun, pointing it at the camera. It is captioned "Mr. Demon."

Gang experts told 7NEWS that the pictures are evidence that the family embraced the gang lifestyle, and including the 10-year-old girl in that culture was a big mistake.

"To even acknowledge and accept the way of life, of the gang culture, is a tragedy for your kids. You should never do that. And even if it was a mistake, it was a very tragic mistake," said Francisco Gallardo with Gang Rescue Support Project.

Family members said the photo of Auralia's father with a gun is used for online video games. Photos of Auralia allegeldy flashing gang signs were thought to be related to her father's rap music, according to Pete Cisneros.

"It was all for show, for fun," said Serena Duran a family friend. "I've never seen gang activity."

A cousin at Friday's vigil told 7NEWS, "They (referring to press reports) should let the parents grieve right now instead of bringing up dirt and making them look bad."

The Web page was accessible to the public Thursday morning, but viewing was set to "private" by the afternoon. A cached version of the page was still available via a Google search, however.

The dad's MySpace page was still accessible Friday morning, and included pictures of Auralia. It showed a black background with blue marijuana leaves.

On the mother's page, the News reported that a row of liquor bottles was shown next to "Who I'd like to meet."

Amanda Salas, Auralia's mother, told the newspaper, "It's OK, it's just people's opinions. It's just a MySpace page."

Even Auralia appeared to have had her own MySpace page. She listed her age as 16 and lists her hometown as "Dope City," the newspaper reported.

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