A candlelight vigil tonight at the University of Winnipeg will remember six-year-old Ana Marquez-Greene, one of the victims in Friday's mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.
The youngster was one of 20 students and six staff members killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School, just a few months after the Marquez-Greene family moved from Winnipeg to Newtown in July.
Officials later determined that a 20-year-old opened fire in the school before killing himself.
Alys-Lynne West, who spent a lot of time with the family while they were in Winnipeg, described Ana as "a little fireball of energy and a cute beauty."
"[She was] so articulate, so smart, and loving and curious."
Another family friend, Steve West, called Ana a special little girl.
"Just a beautiful little girl that had a great spirit, playful," he said.
Karen Schroeder's daughter Abby was good friends with Ana and is now struggling with her death.
Schroeder said they were shopping this weekend and her daughter spotted a snowglobe and said, "Look mom, Ana."
Newtown, Conn., shooting victim Ana Marquez-Greene, 6, shown at far right with her parents and brother, had a great spirit, according to a family friend. (Facebook) "There was a snowglobe that had a little black ballerina with angel wings, wearing a pink tutu. For my daughter's birthday party, Ana arrived in her full ballet gear," Schroeder said, fighting tears.
She described Ana as being filled with music and "wherever she went, she would dance."
The Marquez-Greene has a deep faith, which is helping them cope with the tragedy. They have also been moved by all of the support and love from Winnipeg and are at peace, Schroeder said, noting Ana "beat them all to paradise."
Ana's nine-year-old brother, Isaiah, also was at the school, but escaped the shooting.
Their dad, Jimmy Greene, is a jazz musician who was a faculty member at the University of Manitoba's school of music for three years before the move to Connecticut.
Their mother, Nelba Marquez-Greene, had worked as a family therapist at the University of Winnipeg.
The family has shared a video of Ana and Isaiah on Facebook, showing the siblings singing at a piano.
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