Two students of the Marysville-Pilchuck High School are dead after one of them opened fire at the school's cafeteria before killing himself.
An eyewitness, Jordan Luton told CNN he was finishing his lunch in the cafeteria at Washington state's Marysville-Pilchuck High School on Friday when he heard a loud bang. Then there was another. And another. And another. And another.
What he saw was freshman Jaylen Fryberg(pictured above) go up to a table with students, "came up from behind ...
and fired about six bullets into the students' backs. They were his friends, so it wasn't just random."
Some of the students began to run. Luton and others hit the ground, some hiding under tables. Unfortunately, by the time it was over, two people, the gunman and a female student were dead and four were wounded, according to authorities. Those wounded were all under the age of 18 and included two of Jaylen's cousins. They are now intensive care, an official says.
Jaylen, authorities said, would have wrecked more havoc but he was accosted by a teacher named Megan Silberberger while he was trying to reload his gun. The boy then pointed the gun at the teacher before turning it to himself and shooting himself dead. One week ago, Jaylen Fryberg stood tall as part of his high school's homecoming court, spurring his fellow students to cheer.
On Friday, he brought them to tears.
The gun used in the shooting, a "high capacity" weapon, has been traced to Fryberg's father.
Read Jaylen Fryberg(pictured centre) last tweets before the shooting and his death below....
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