Tweet: ‘I hate that I can't live without you’
Students comfort each other following a shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Washington. (AP/Ted S. Warren) …
Social media posts penned by the shooter in Friday’s rampage at a Washington State high school portray a head-over-heels teenager who grew more and more tormented when the relationship fell apart.
“I can't believe I just witnessed a shooting,” Austin Joyner, a student at the school, said on Twitter. “Kid came into the cafeteria and walked over to a table and pulled out the gun and shot 4-6 shots at students sitting down.”
The Seattle Times reported that several students told them that Fryberg, a freshman, was responsible. Kobe Baumann, 14, told the paper that he was with Fryberg in English class shortly before the shooting, and that he appeared to be kind of nervous.
“He sits right up in the front,” Baumann said. “He got called on, but he just kept his head down and didn’t really say anything.”
Posts to Fryberg’s social media accounts convey his passion for sports, music, hunting, Native American interests and family activities.
The teen's family is well known among the area's Tulalip Indian tribe. Tribe Chairman Herman Williams Sr. said his community is reeling from the tragedy and will be trying to cope for many days ahead.
“Sadly, we are now experiencing what has become a national trend, which we, as a society, must address,” Williams said in a written statement.
Many of Fryberg's social posts in the last year are pictures of him with the same girl, often commenting about his crush.
“Sadly, we are now experiencing what has become a national trend, which we, as a society, must address,” Williams said in a written statement.
Many of Fryberg's social posts in the last year are pictures of him with the same girl, often commenting about his crush.
“I love you baby girl,” Fryberg wrote when he posted their picture on his Instagram account months ago. “I promise to love you for the rest of my life.”
He was clearly still smitten at the beginning of the summer, but somewhere along the way his messages took a sour turn.
Jarron Webb, 15, confirmed to the Seattle Times that the shooter was angry at a girl who would not date him.
Some of Fryberg's tweets over the last few months appear to be threatening, but it is unknown who he may have been targeting.
He sent his final tweet on Thursday.
Social media was also the home for sadness and shock in the hours after the shooting.
“Over a girl he was heartbroken and didn't know what to do,” tweeted a 16-year-old who identified herself as a cousin of the shooter. “Jaylen wasn't a bad kid he just made a mistake.”
Jason Sickles is a reporter for Yahoo. Follow him on Twitter (@jasonsickles).
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