Jaylen Fryberg

On October 24, 2014, 15-year-old freshman student Jaylen Fryberg shot five students at Marysville Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Washington, fatally wounding four, before shooting and killing himself.

Fryberg's father, Raymond Fryberg, was arrested and convicted the following year for illegally purchasing and owning the gun used in the shooting, among other firearm offenses.

Prior to the shooting, Fryberg invited several students, all of whom were friends, to meet him for lunch via text message.

He urged some of them to skip classes they had at the time.

Minutes prior to the shooting, he reportedly sent a group text message to his family and the families of his would-be victims.

In it, he apologized for his actions and laid out plans for his funeral.

At lunchtime, the invited students sat together at one table.

Fryberg then entered the school cafeteria and sat down at a different table.

At 10:39 a.m., according to eyewitnesses, he stood up, approached the table where his friends were sitting, and had a verbal altercation with them.

He then pulled out a .40-caliber Beretta Px4 Storm Subcompact handgun and fired at least eight shots, shooting several of the students in a "calm, methodical way".

During the shooting, Fryberg was described by a witness as having "a blank stare" and "staring at the victims as he shot them".

He also appeared to be targeting only the table where his friends were sitting.

At the time of the shooting, seven students were seated at that table.

Fryberg died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

An early eyewitness report stated that an adult school staff member tried to intervene by grabbing Fryberg's arm, inadvertently causing him to fatally shoot himself in the neck.

The employee was later identified as first-year social studies teacher Megan Silberberger, who tried to apprehend Fryberg as he may have been attempting to reload.

Police officials and the Snohomish County medical examiner later clarified that Fryberg committed suicide by shooting himself in the head and that Silberberger did not touch him in the moments preceding his death, though she did make an attempt to subdue him.

Shortly after Fryberg committed suicide, Silberberger contacted authorities.

The motive for the shooting is unknown, although a student at the school stated that "[he] was angry at a girl who would not date him, and that the girl was one of the people shot", a claim that was supported by other classmates and by Fryberg's family members.

After the shooting, recordings of police radio communications during the event were released by the Snohomish County Police Staff and Auxiliary Services Center after requests for public records.

A timeline was also provided by Marysville police spokesman Robb Lamoureux.

According to the timeline and recordings, an anonymous 9-1-1 caller, using a cellphone, first alerted police to the shooting.

The school resource officer was the first law enforcement officer to make contact with the victims, arriving at the scene a minute after the first 9-1-1 call was received.

He immediately reported that a fire alarm was going off and that there were students and staff evacuating from the building.

A dispatcher then informed him about a report of a possible shooting in the cafeteria.

The officer responded, "Ocean 12, it's confirmed. We have a shooter. We have five down."

He later said, "Shooter is DOA [dead on arrival]. We have got apparently four [victims.]" Soon afterward, he said, "Ocean 12, I need aid here. I have two that are still breathing and alive. Looks like I have three possibly deceased."

The first paramedics arrived on the scene ten minutes after the first radio dispatch.

At the time of the shooting, approximately 150 people were inside the cafeteria.

A vice-principal ordered the school to go into lockdown.

The victims were all identified as friends of Fryberg.

It was initially reported that at least six students were wounded.

Some students fled the cafeteria immediately after the shooting started.

Several climbed over the fence of a house next to the school and sought shelter there.

Other students disregarded the school lockdown rules and fled their classrooms while they were in place.

As the school was cleared by local law enforcement officials, students were taken by bus to a nearby church.

It took two hours for officers to evacuate hundreds of students who were still hiding inside the school, and more than 100 witnesses were interviewed by investigators.

Classes at Marysville Pilchuck High were canceled for the following week, as well as an upcoming football game.

The cafeteria where the shooting took place will not be reopened and is being considered for remodeling.

In the wake of the shooting, threats were made against several students belonging to the Tulalip tribe, the Native American tribe Fryberg belonged to.