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| Marysville shooting: Second girl dies in Washington state | Marysville shooting: Second girl dies in Washington state |
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| A second girl has died of wounds she suffered in a US school shooting in Washington state which ended when a young man fatally shot himself. | |
| Gia Soriano, 14, was targeted during a gun rampage by fellow pupil Jaylen Fryberg near Seattle on Friday. | |
| Her family said in a statement they were "devastated by this senseless tragedy". | Her family said in a statement they were "devastated by this senseless tragedy". |
| Zoe Galasso, 14, was also killed in the attack at Marysville Pilchuck High School. | |
| Three other students targeted by Fryberg - including two of his cousins - remain in hospital. Two are in a critical condition, while one was upgraded to satisfactory on Monday. | |
| All were shot in the head after the boy pulled out a weapon and started firing in the school cafeteria. | All were shot in the head after the boy pulled out a weapon and started firing in the school cafeteria. |
| Reports have emerged about the heroics of one teacher, Megan Silberberger, who ran to the scene of the shooting and "did everything possible to protect students", according to a statement from her union. | Reports have emerged about the heroics of one teacher, Megan Silberberger, who ran to the scene of the shooting and "did everything possible to protect students", according to a statement from her union. |
| It was unclear whether Fryberg had killed himself deliberately or whether the gun had been fired by accident as he struggled with the teacher. | It was unclear whether Fryberg had killed himself deliberately or whether the gun had been fired by accident as he struggled with the teacher. |
| Fryberg, who was from a prominent Tulalip Indian Reservation family, was described as a popular, outgoing student, though messages he posted online before the attack suggested he had been "broken" by an unspecified event. | Fryberg, who was from a prominent Tulalip Indian Reservation family, was described as a popular, outgoing student, though messages he posted online before the attack suggested he had been "broken" by an unspecified event. |
| One pupil at the school told the Reuters news agency that the attack was related to a "fight over a girl". | One pupil at the school told the Reuters news agency that the attack was related to a "fight over a girl". |
| Gia Soriano's organs will be donated for transplant, officials at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett said. | |
| "We are devastated by this senseless tragedy," her family said in a statement. "Gia is our beautiful daughter, and words cannot express how much we will miss her." | |
| The school will be closed this week | |
| On Sunday, parents and students gathered in a gymnasium at the school for a community meeting, with speakers urging support and prayers. | |
| "Our legs are still wobbly," Tony Hatch, a cousin of one of the injured students, said. | |
| Matt Remle, a tribal guidance counsellor, told the Associated Press news agency the first-year students were polite and close-knit. | |
| "These were not kids who were isolated," he said. "They had some amazing families and have amazing families." | |
| The community was struggling to understand the attack, Mr Remble said. | |
| "We can't answer that question," he said. "But we try to make sense of the senselessness." |