The family of the student victim of the Wisconsin school shooting has been identified as 14-year-old Rubi Patricia Vergara.
According to Vergara an obituary shared by her familywas one of three people killed after 15-year-old Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow opened fire in a study hall on Monday.
An unidentified teacher was also killed before Rupnow turned the gun on himself. Six others were injured, two remained in critical condition.
According to the obituary, Vergara was a freshman at Christian school who enjoyed reading, art, singing and playing the keyboard.
Her family – parents Vicente and Jennifer; and brother, Adrian – had their own worship band in which she played.
“She had a special bond with her beloved pets, Ginger (cat) and Coco (dog),” the tribute adds.
The funeral will be held Sunday in Madison. The family asked for it donations to the school instead of flowers.
Vergara is the first shooting victim to be identified, as Madison police remained silent on further details on Wednesday.
The family of the student victim of the Wisconsin school shooting has been identified as 14-year-old Rubi Patricia Vergara
A spokesperson for the Madison Police Department told DailyMail.com in a statement: “Due to Marsy’s Law in Wisconsin, we cannot provide the names of the victims.”
It was revealed on Wednesday that Rupnow had two handguns but only used one in the attackthe city’s police chief said in an interview with The Associated Press.
Police are still investigating why the 15-year-old student at Abundant Life Christian Christian School in Madison fatally shot a fellow student and teacher Monday before shooting herself, Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said.
Two other students who were shot remained in critical condition Wednesday.
“We may never know what she was thinking that day, but we will do our best to try to add or give as much information to our audience as possible,” Barnes said.
Authorities raided Rupnow’s Wisconsin home after Monday morning’s tragedy, and Natalie’s father has reportedly been cooperating with the ongoing investigation.
Investigators have been trying to determine whether the mass shooter’s parents, Jeff and Melissa, had any involvement or contributed to Natalie’s actions – which killed two people and injured six before she shot herself and killed herself.
Police said Natalie’s motivation for killing a student, a teacher and injuring several others during study hall appears to have been a “combination of factors.”
“Some have asked if people were specifically targeted. Everyone was targeted in this incident and everyone was in equal danger,” Barnes said, according to CNN.
Lyndsay O’Connor, mother of two survivors, speculated that the regular study hall teacher, who was not there due to a “planned absence,” may have been Natalie’s target. Her idea has not been verified by the police.
“We don’t know if her target was the original teacher or just the children in the classroom. She should have walked past the door and the door was open,” O’Connor said.
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