ANOTHER SCHOOL/PUBLIC SHOOTING

[HairOfTheDog]

I haven't seen the three female victims identified yet and don't know whether the one who died is the one who reportedly rejected him. But, the male shooting victims have been identified by The Seattle Times; both are the shooter's cousins.


Andrew Fryberg (15, left) was shot in the head and Nate Hatch (14, right) was shot in the jaw

Hoping that they pull through. Terrible nightmare for the parents of all the victims. And, for the parents of the male victims, not only are their children's lives on the line, their sibling's child is responsible and he's dead.

The shooter wrote about his angst on Twitter. Tweets published here:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/10/...dia-posts/

Based on what's being reported by fellow students and Hatch's grandfather, it doesn't seem that anyone was shot at random. The victims were specifically targeted. Jaylen Fryberg had just recently gone to prom in a group with all of those who were shot, according to Hatch's grandfather.

"Bullying" has been tossed out in a couple of the stories. I haven't heard of anything yet that would equate to bullying. Being rejected and not being able to always get what you want is not "bullying", it's life. But, maybe there's more to the motive than teen romantic rejection.

Refs:
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2...ckxml.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/natio.../17898081/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/25..._ref=crime