Gun violence returned to America’s schools on Friday when a 14-year-old gunman opened fire in a crowded school cafeteria in Washington State, killing one teenager and critically injuring three others. Witnesses said the gunman, named locally as Jaylen Ray Fryberg, 15, stood on a table in the cafeteria of Marysville-Pilchuck High School outside Seattle, and opened fire at close range at around 10.40am local time. Fryberg then turned the gun on himself and died at the scene. Classmates and family members told The Telegraph that Fryberg, a proud Native American from the local Tulalip Tribtes who was pictured on his Facebook page wearing a traditional headdress, had been angered by a dispute over his girlfriend. “He was heartbroken and didn’t know what to do. Jaylen wasn’t a bad kid, he just made a mistake,” his cousin, 16-year-old Heaven Arbuckle said, adding the shooting was over a girl.
