Fourteen-year-old Gina Montalto was a member of the winter guard on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School’s state-champion marching band.
“Gina will be missed by our family for all eternity” her mother Jennifer wrote in a Facebook post Thursday morning.
“Our beautiful daughter, Gina Rose, was taken from us during the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School,” she wrote. “She was a smart, loving, caring, and strong girl who brightened any room she entered.”
The Douglas High School winter guard squad was scheduled to perform at the prestigious Winter Guard International regional competition in Tampa on Saturday.