The family of a 12-year-old girl, who was among eight people shot dead in a small town in Canada on Tuesday, have paid tribute to her "beautiful soul".
Kylie Smith was shot dead along with four other children and a teacher at a secondary school in Tumbler Ridge in British Columbia.
Two other people, a woman and an 11-year-old boy, were also found dead at a residence in the town.
"These kids were lost before they got to become teenagers"
Her father, Lance Younge, recalled his final moment with Kylie as he saw her off to school with her brother Ethan, unaware it was the last time he would see her alive.
Kylie's brother Ethan survived the shooting after hiding in a utility room.
Mr Younge said: "She was just a beautiful soul. She's a light in our family. She loved art and anime. She wanted to go to school in Toronto, and we just loved her so much."
He said Kylie was "thriving in high school" and was "the last person who ever deserved this."
Mr Younge described the agonising wait for news and said "a hero named Maddie" performed CPR on his daughter, before telling the family that Kylie had died.
Mr Younge called on more focus to be put on the victims and heroes and not on the shooter.
"These kids were lost before they got to become teenagers. So let's put their pictures up and remember them, not this murderer."
Abel Mwansa said his 12-year-old son, also named Abel, had died in the shooting.
Abel had once cried when his father proposed home schooling because he loved going to school so much, his father wrote in a Facebook post.
He raised his son, Mr Mwansa added, to respect his elders, "be strong, work hard, put a smile on the face like I do, focus on his studies, never miss school and to be a good kid."
"Seeing your child murdered at this age is heart breaking", Mr Mwansa said in another Facebook post.
Last night, hundreds of people gathered in a main square in the town, lighting candles for victims of one of the country's worst-ever mass shootings.
Addressing the vigil, Tumbler Ridge mayor Darryl Krakowka said it was crucial the tightly-knit community remain united.
"This is like one big family," he told the crowd, reinforcing a message of closeness voiced by many.
"If you need a hug, put your hand out," he said. "Reach out to your neighbour."
Kevin Matthews, who attended the vigil, said he had lived in Tumbler Ridge for more than two decades and that nearly everyone in town had some connection to a victim.
"The path forward is to be with grieving families," he said.
Canadian police identified the shooter as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, who was born male but began identifying as a female six years ago.
Van Rootselaar killed her mother and stepbrother before attacking her former school, and later taking her own life.
