Sep 28, 2006 3:10 pm US/Pacific
Colo. Victim Sent Text Message Before Dying
BAILEY, Colo. (CBS) ―
The 16-year-old girl who died in the Bailey tragedy sent a loving message to her family before she was shot inside Platte Canyon High School on Wednesday afternoon, according to CBS' Denver affiliate KCNC-TV.
Emily Keyes had recently turned 16 and was given a phone as a present, family spokesman Louis Gonzalez said.
Her father couldn't reach her after the lockdown at the school started, so he had someone help him send a text message to her through his phone. He asked if she was OK in the message.
Her reply at 1:52 p.m. was short and simple:
"I love you guys."
Keyes was shot 2 hours later in the school by Duane R. Morrison, 53, and was pronounced dead at a Denver hospital.
Keyes played volleyball and was on the high school debate team. She also worked at the Cutthroat Cafe in town.
Gonzalez said the family thinks that the best way to honor Keyes -- what she would like most in her memory -- is to "do random acts of kindness."
In a press conference Thursday afternoon, Park County Sheriff Fred Wegener said he will regret the fact that Keyes died "for the rest of his life."
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