Wisconsin school shooting victim ID’d as 14-year-old Rubi Patricia Vergara after Natalie ‘Samantha’ Rupnow’s rampage

The teenage 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 before turning the gun on herself.

Rubi Patricia Vergara

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.

The campus of Abundant Life Christian School after a school shooting on December 16, 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin. Getty Images
Mourners attend a candlelight vigil outside the Wisconsin State Capitol on December 17. Jeff M. Brown for ZUMA Press

Five other students, including who were rushed to the hospital in critical condition, and one teacher were also wounded when Rupnow began firing inside a classroom during study hall.

The obituary for Vergara said she will be “deeply missed” by her parents and brother, as well as several other relatives that she left behind.

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