Tributes are still pouring in for 26-year-old Sarah Milgrim, a Kansas native whose life was cut short last week in what the FBI says was a targeted antisemitic attack in Washington, D.C.

One of Sarah Milgrim's former colleagues said his first thoughts were "shock and disbelief" when he heard she was one of the embassy staffers who was killed.

Communities across Kansas City continue to mourn Sarah Milgrim, from her friends and family in the Jewish community, to those in her after-school activities at her high school, Shawnee Mission East.

As Milgrim tried to crawl away in a desperate bid to survive, Rodriguez chased her and shot her again, as detailed in the charging documents.

One of two Israeli embassy workers shot as they left an event, Sarah Milgrim worked for peace and against hate and antisemitism.

"And so I feel action is always the right way to go forward, because you take pain and you do something with it. You create more positivity with the people around you in the world.”

Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel remembers having Shabbat dinners with Sarah Milgrim at the University of Kansas Chabad, where she had a large group of Jewish friends and was “full of energy.” “She was passionate.

A memorial is growing outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., where two Israeli Embassy staffers, including a Kansas native, were shot and killed Wednesday night in what federal authorities are calling an act of terror.