All the victims of yesterday's shooting had a story to tell. This was was the saddest I thought. I immediately pictured a young man holding a toddler when I read it.

Derrick Brun, 28

Brun, a school security guard, was remembered as a gentle spirit who loved the kids he guarded at Red Lake High School, his alma mater.

Brun was a former police officer and was taking classes to be an emergency medical technician, said a cousin, Nancy Richards.

"He was just an all-around good guy," she said, adding that he was the type of person who would open his doors to someone who needed a place to stay.

"He was a kind, gentle person," Richards said.

Brun was divorced and had a daughter, Courtney, who died a couple of years ago at the age of 2 1/2 from a medical condition.

"That's the only comfort the family has, is that he's with Courtney now," Richards said.