An Amish woman who was seriously injured by a gunman who shot and killed five girls at a Pennsylvania school 18 years ago has died.
FOX 29 in Philadelphia reported that 23-year-old Rosanna S. King died at her home on Thursday. A funeral will be held Friday at her home in rural Paradise, according to an obituary from Furman Funeral Home in Leola, Pennsylvania.
King was one of the victims of the October 2006 shooting at the West Nickel Mines Amish School.
The shooter, a 32-year-old milk truck driver named Charles Carl Roberts IV, barricaded himself inside the school after the boys and several adults left.
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After barricading himself inside, Roberts tied up 10 girls, shot them and then committed suicide as police closed in.
King, who was 6 years old at the time and a member of the Old Order Amish community, is believed to have been the most seriously injured of the survivors of the shooting.
She was shot in the head, lost the ability to speak, and required feeding through a tube.
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An Amish woman who was 6 years old when a gunman opened fire on her school building 18 years ago, killing five other students, died this week. (iStock)
The station reported that King relied on others to care for her and transport her.
A year after the shooting, King's family released a statement about her recovery, adding that “the hardest part was watching her suffer.”
The Amish community also issued a statement following the school massacre.
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“To the casual observer, 'life goes on' in the nickel mines with its daily and seasonal demands: work, school, childbirth, family, church. But for the bereaved, each day brings pain, grief and questions that remind them of their loss,” the groups wrote.
Ten days after the shooting, the school was demolished and a new one built nearby.
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King's death came the day after 14-year-old Colt Gray allegedly opened fire at his Georgia high school, killing two students and two teachers.
