Posted on 10/25/2014 5:27:16 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
MARYSVILLE, Wash. — A student recently crowned freshman class homecoming prince walked into his Seattle-area high school cafeteria Friday and opened fire, killing one person and shooting four others — including two of his cousins — before turning the gun on himself, officials and witnesses said.
Students said the gunman was staring at his victims as he shot them inside the cafeteria at Marysville-Pilchuck High School. The shootings set off a chaotic scene as students ran from the cafeteria and building in a frantic dash to safety, while others were told to stay put inside classrooms at the school 30 miles north of Seattle.
The gunman was identified as student Jaylen Fryberg, a government official with direct knowledge of the shooting told The Associated Press. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
Students and parents said Fryberg was a member of a prominent family from the nearby Tulalip Indian tribes and a freshman who played on the high school football team. He was introduced at a football game as a prince in the 2014 homecoming court, according to a video shot by parent Jim McGauhey.
Marysville Police Commander Robb Lamoureux said the gunman died of a self-inflicted wound, but he could not provide more details.
Shaylee Bass, 15, a sophomore at the school, said Fryberg had recently gotten into a fight with another boy over a girl.
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homecoming “prince”??
That was male? Are you sure?
He is wearing lipstick??
Was just curious...I try not to judge by a kids appearance unless their pants are around their ankles or holes the size of a manhole cover in their ear. The appearance of this kid to me is normal...then again I have 2 daughter’s nearing this age so I see it everyday. Some kids with this appearance today are straight A excelling children. This one was obviously mentally compromised.
Looks more “teen queen” if you know what I mean.
“Yes but parents who let their psycho brats take guns to school should face punishment.”
I doubt any parents give their kids a gun to take to school.
If a teenager wants a gun they will get it, even those with great parents.
He was probably upset that he did not make homecoming king.
‘Mentally compromised’ - let’s make that MORALLY compromised. And yes, he does have that bored thug-look to me, too. And what IS a ‘prince’??
Apparently, he is more Indian than Elizabeth Warren.
Lol no clue what a prince is that’s why I won’t touch that one. But trust me on this one here having a 12 year old daughter...she is happy, excelling wonderfully in school (pops drills into her the 2 most important subjects are math and science which now happen to be her favorites), is extremely well mannered and sociable. She likes wearing hooded sweatshirts and her headphones. I don’t see bored because she like having some of the same pictures. She as well as others of this generation like to look cool or what they perceive to be cool in pictures...very normal appearance
To paraphrase the old Julie Brown song, everybody run, the homecoming king’s got a gun...
Benghazi and Fast and Furious? Who cares about those things? What are you, racist? < /lib deflection >
Sorry....he looks like a she...
Thanks for the link.
Just a guess here, but he was a freshman. It sounds likely that the Homecoming King and Queen would be from the upper grades, and having a freshman Prince and/or Princess would be a nice way of incorporating them into the Homecoming Court.
He shot five students. One girl died and the other four are in the hospital. Two girls and a boy are in “very critical” condition with head wounds. Shot at close range in the head with a .40 caliber handgun. Devastating.
On his Twitter feed....he was sex obsessed with the stuff he re-tweeted.
US Indian names are peculiar. They may be traditional tribal names, or they can be European. In this case, his last name, Fryberg, is associated with the British Columbian gold rush of 1871. The name itself is Anglo-German, roughly “free mountain” or “free town”.
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