The teen student who was shot and killed along with a teacher inside Abundant Life Christian School in Wisconsin has been identified as freshman Rubi Patricia Vergara, according to reports.
The 14-year-old girl was gunned down Monday morning when fellow student Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow, 15, opened fire inside the private Christian school in Madison before turning the gun on herself.
Vergara was remembered in her obituary as someone who loved to sing and play keyboard in the family worship band and who “shared a special bond with her beloved pets,” that included a dog and car, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that cited an obituary.
Vergara was also known as an avid reader who loved art.
The obituary for the teen said she will be “deeply missed” by her parents and brother, as well as several other relatives that she left behind.
The instructor who was killed has not been identified, but was subbing in for a regular teacher who was away on vacation, a parent said.
Five other students, including two hospitalized in critical condition, and one teacher were also wounded when Rupnow began firing inside a classroom during study hall.
Rupnow, who police said died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound following her twisted massacre, had been in therapy because of her troubled home, according to court records obtained by the Washington Post.
She is one of just nine female shooters to carry out a school shooting since 1999, according to the publication – as authorities try to pin down her motive.A funeral service for Vergara will be held at a Madison church on Saturday, which will be livestreamed for friends and family to view, according to the funeral home handling arrangements.
