Man texted family "I'm Sorry" kills four friends and then himself

 

Minutes before a Washington state high school freshman fatally shot four friends and then himself, he sent a group text message to his family outlining his funeral wishes and apologizing to the parents of the teenagers he was about to kill.

"I love you family. I really do. More than anything," Jaylen Fryberg said two minutes before opening fire in the cafeteria of Marysville-Pilchuck High School. "I needed to do this tho... I wasn't happy. And I need my crew with me too. I'm sorry. I love you."

Among the more than 2,200 pages of investigative documents released Tuesday by Snohomish County authorities were emotional interviews with the 15-year-old's classmates, many of whom were just feet away when Fryberg began shooting Oct. 24 during the school's first lunch period.
The report said Fryberg's motive remains unclear, but classmates told police his girlfriend had broken up with him the day before and he had recently been in a fight with a football player over alleged "racial" comments.
Fryberg's father, Raymond Fryberg, has been charged in federal court with illegally possessing the gun used by his son. His trail is set for Sept. 21.
Jaylen Fryberg's uncle, Anthony Hatch, told police he believed the boy was "a happy teenager," and said he and other family members had no idea what he was planning to do.
On Fryberg's cellphone, investigators found a series of messages he sent to several people before the shooting began.

A 15-year-old student told a federal agent that the week before the shooting she heard a student say Fryberg had punched him. The football coach told the student that Fryberg would be suspended from the football team, the notes said.
One student reported he spoke with Fryberg after the fight and the teen said the other player had made a racist comment.
Another student said Fryberg's girlfriend had broken up with him the day before "and thought that may have pushed Fryberg over the edge," the report said.