10-year-old girl killed in Uvalde school shooting awarded highest honor in Girl Scouts

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Amerie Jo Garza's classmates told her family that she was trying to call 911 when the gunman barricaded himself in her fourth-grade classroom, but was shot.

in Uvalde, has received one of the highest honors in Girls Scouting for her heroic actions in trying to save her classmates.

"She's been wanting a phone for so long and we finally got it for her. She was just trying to call authorities, and I guess he just shot her," Amerie's dad, Angel Garza told CNN's Anderson Cooper during an interview after the shooting."How do you look at this girl and shoot her?" the girl's father said during an emotional interview. Amerie Jo Garza had just turned 10 years old.

"Our hearts are broken for her family and friends, along with all of those who have lost loved ones during this tragedy. Dozens of our girls, volunteers, and staff have now lost friends or family members, and we are hurting alongside them.

 

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Pretty sure she and her parents would rather she lived.

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