Samy Garduño-Martínez

MADISON, Wis. (CBS 58) — The last shooting victim from the school shooting in Madison has been released from the hospital. On Dec. 16, 2024, at Abundant Life Christian School (ALCS), a shooter killed 14-year-old student Rubi Vergara and 42-year-old teacher, Erin West. Six students were also shot. Among them was Samy Garduño-Martínez, whose life and family's lives were forever changed.

"I didn't expect for Samy to be one of the students shot," said Samy's mother, Gabriela Martinez.

Samy Garduño-Martínez Samy Garduño-Martínez

The 17-year-old high school senior at ALCS was a cross-country runner, heavily involved in school, and was even an editor for a teen newspaper, the Simpson Street Free Press. On Dec. 16, he sustained several gunshot wounds, including at least

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