Rosanna S King, age 6

Lost to gun violence on October 2, 2006 in Paradise, Pennsylvania.

West Nickel Mines School shooting: 32-year-old milk truck driver, Charles Carl Roberts IV, killed five Amish girls and wounded five others before killing himself in an Amish school in the hamlet of Nickel Mines, in Bart Township, Lancaster County.

Rosanna was severely injured when she was shot in the head. The attack left her unable to talk and needing a tube to be fed. She was dependent on others for personal care and mobility. She died 18 years later on September 3, 2024. She was 23.

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