by Merritt Clifton

MARYSVILLE, Washington––Jaylen Ray Fryberg, 14, a freshman at Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Washington, was by all accounts a popular young man who did well in school, admired pit bulls, and had become an accomplished hunter, recently bagging an elk and a deer.

A football player who on October 17, 2014 had been voted freshman homecoming king, Jaylen Fryberg was reportedly distraught over a recent break-up with a girl he had dated since the seventh grade. He allegedly got into a fight at football practice and was suspended from the team.

And then, on October 24, 2014, Jaylen Ray Fryberg opened fire on five fellow students at the lunch table they often shared, taking head shots at close range from behind. He killed two girls,  critically wounding another girl…