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Christopher James Ricco (July 2, 1971 - November 26, 1985) was an American boy who tried to save his best friend Gordon from being killed by a 14-year-old girl named Heather Smith during the Spanaway Junior High School shooting, but failed.

Spanaway Junior High School shooting[]

On November 26, 1985, two days before Thanksgiving, Christopher and Gordon were getting out of the gym class before Heather (Gordon's ex girlfriend), came to them pointing at them her rifle.

Christopher, who realized that Heather was about to kill his best friend Gordon, jumped in front of her to try to save Gordon's life, but she unfortunately shot and killed him. Gordon tried to run away but he was then shot and killed as well by Heather.

A few hours later, the authorities came. Realizing she would get in trouble, Heather shot herself in the head, killing herself.

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