Texas Victims Include Smiling Exchange Student, Fill-In Teacher With Two Jobs

Texas Victims Include Smiling Exchange Student, Fill-In Teacher With Two Jobs
Attendees light candles to pay their respects to the victims of a shooting at Santa Fe High School that left several dead and injured in Santa Fe, Texas, U.S., May 18, 2018. Reuters/Pu Ying Huang
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Eight students and two teachers fell victim to gunfire at a high school outside Houston on Friday morning, becoming the latest casualties in a wave of deadly school shootings in the United States in recent years.

Among the fatalities at Santa Fe High School were a Pakistani exchange student and a substitute teacher trying to make ends meet for her family. Here are brief profiles of some of the victims: