2 Montreal shooting victims remain in intensive care

Two victims of Montreal's Dawson College shooting remained in critical condition on Saturday, and a hospital spokesman said one had made some progress.

"One of the patients is in a more stable condition with a positive evolution over the last day or so, but remains in a critical state," said Dr. Tarek Razek, chief of services for trauma at Montreal General Hospital.

"Another patient is still in critical condition, more status quo, more stable, but still in a very critical state."

The two patients still in intensive care were among 11 people who were taken to Montreal General suffering from gunshot wounds following Wednesday's shooting.

Five otherpatientswere listed in stable condition with head, chest and abdominal wounds, Razek said. Hospital officials don't expect any of them to be discharged this weekend, he added.

In all, the 25-year-old man who opened fire inside Dawson College wounded 19 people and killed 18-year-old student Anastasia De Sousa.She had been shot nine times, Montreal's La Presse reported.

Using another student as a shield, Kimveer Gill continued shooting until,wounded in the arm by police, the gunman shot himself in the head, police said.

Memorial for teenheld Saturday

One ofDe Sousa'sfriends organized a memorial at a Montreal church on Saturday. Members of the choir wore pink flowers because pink washer favourite colour.

Jeremy Bagot — son of Rev. Everton Bagot— remembered her as a happy person. "She always had a smile. She was caring, she was loving and she never forgot her friends."

He also saidDe Sousahad known he could play the saxophone and wanted to hear him play, but "never got the chance to do so."

With that, he finished his tribute by playing Amazing Grace.