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DREADED DAY IN MARYSVILLE
n 2 die, 4 wounded in school shooting
n Students, parents grieve at vigils
n Common theme in reactions: Why?
GENNA MARTIN / THE HERALD
Keith Pablo reunites with friends and family outside of Shoultes Christian Assembly northwest of Marysville Pilchuck High School on Friday afternoon. The school was evacuated by bus to the location after a shooting at the school.
Freshman targets classmates, then self Herald Writers
MARYSVILLE — A burst of gunfire at Marysville Pilchuck High School on Friday left two students dead, four more wounded, and a grieving community asking, “Why?” The shooter, a freshman athlete, took his own life after opening fire during the day’s first lunch period, Marysville police said. Also killed was a girl who has not yet been publicly identified. Four other victims, all students, remain hospitalized: three in critical and one in serious condition. The shooter has been identified as football player and Tulalip
tribal member Jaylen Fryberg. He is the son of Wendy Fryberg, a former Marysville School Board member. Friends and family said two of the shooting victims are Nate Hatch and Andrew Fryberg, Jaylen’s cousins. All three freshmen grew up together and went to the homecoming dance as a group earlier this month after Jaylen was voted freshman homecoming king. “They were like three brothers,” said Nate’s grandfather, Don Hatch, a former Marysville School Board and Tulalip Tribal Board member. “They were inseparable. They did everything
By Kari Bray Herald Writer DAN BATES / THE HERALD
Firefighters, medics and hospital staff move one of the Marysville Pilchuck High School shooting victims from an ambulance into Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, following the shooting at the high school on Friday.
“You read about it, and watch shows about it, but you never think it will happen to you.” — Amandalyn Cowan (@amandalynm18), Marysville Pilchuck student
See SHOOTING, Page A8
Police timeline of events 10:39 a.m. The first 911 call comes in from a cellphone. 10:41 a.m. The police officer stationed at the school arrives in the cafeteria where the shooting occurred. 10:43 a.m. Police confirm the shooter — a freshman at the school — is down and no longer shooting. Police later say he took his own life after shooting at least five other students.
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10:49 a.m. Medics from various fire departments begin to reach the scene
to help the injured. 11 a.m. The Marysville Police Department calls for a full SWAT deployment. 11:07 a.m. Marysville schools send an alert to the community that the high school is in lockdown. 4:35 p.m. The SWAT team declares the entire school campus clear of threat.
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MARYSVILLE — Music, prayers and people spilled out of the building and into the parking lot as hundreds gathered at the Grove Church on Friday evening. Students wore their school colors, red and white, and wrapped their arms around each other. They shared stories. Some told of climbing fences in a rush to get off campus after hearing gunfire Friday morning. Others told of terrifying, breathless moments huddled under tables or in dark corners of locked classrooms. A few blinked back tears. Many couldn’t hold them back. The vigil was one of at least three held in the city Friday, inviting people to come talk, cry and pray after a shooting at Marysville Pilchuck High School left two students, including the shooter, dead and at least four See VIGIL, Page A9
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