fbpx
Connect with us

National

Second Victim in Washington School Shooting Dies

Published

on

A memorial grows Saturday Oct. 25, 2014 at the entrance to Marysville Pilchuck High School the day after a shooting in the school cafeteria left two dead and four wounded. The shooter was among the dead. A first year teacher was being hailed as a hero for intervening in the shooting, possibly stopping the gunman. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo)

A memorial grows Saturday Oct. 25, 2014 at the entrance to Marysville Pilchuck High School the day after a shooting in the school cafeteria left two dead and four wounded. The shooter was among the dead. A first year teacher was being hailed as a hero for intervening in the shooting, possibly stopping the gunman. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo)

Alex Rozier, special to USA TODAY from KING-TV, Seattle

 

MARYSVILLE, Wash. (USA Today)— Gia Soriano, 14, died Sunday night, becoming the second victim of a shooting at a Seattle-area high school after a popular student opened fire on his classmates before taking his own life.

Gia was one of four critically injured teens taken to a local hospital Friday after high school freshman Jaylen Fryberg opened fire inside the cafeteria of Marysville-Pilchuck High School, killing one girl and injuring four others before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

“We are devastated by this senseless tragedy. Gia is our beautiful daughter and words cannot express how much we will miss her,” Gia’s family said in a statement.

 

READ MORE

###

 

 

SIGN UP TO RECEIVE NEWS UPDATES IN YOUR INBOX


Sign up to receive the latest news in your inbox

* indicates required

Like BlackPressUSA on Facebook

Advertisement

Advertise on BlackPressUSA

advertise with blackpressusa.com