An 8-year-old girl described as “the light in everyone’s life” was two weeks shy of her 9th birthday when she was gunned down during a shooting at a child’s birthday party in California, her grieving family revealed.

Maya Lupian, a third grader from Stockton, was one of three kids tragically killed during the mass shooting inside a banquet hall on Saturday. Four people in total were killed, including a heroic 21-year-old man, while 11 others were also wounded during the frightening scene.

“Maya was the most outgoing 8-year-old you’d ever meet,” her sister, Yesenia, wrote on GoFundMe Tuesday. “She loved to dance, sing and draw. She was a purple belt in karate, and she loved being active. Maya was the light in everyone’s life, the sweetest soul.”

Lupian was supposed to celebrate her 9

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