CHILD WARNING EFFORTPOST Jaylen Fryberg (Effortpost + CW)

This is my first effortpost, sorry if it's not the best😂👍🏽

Jaylen Fryberg was born July 31, 1999 and attended Marysville - Pilchuck High School in Marysville, WA. On October 24, 2014 Jaylen took the lives of 4 friends, injuring 1 who survived, and then ended his own life.

Leading Up to the Shooting/ Motive

Days before the shooting Jaylen's girlfriend Shilene George broke up with him, when asked why she said she had no choice after he behaved violently towards her.

For days leading up to the shooting Jaylen tried to contact Shilene constantly and started messaging her cousin when she blocked him.

Timeline/The Day of the Shooting

October 24, 2014

! i couldn't find an exact time but at some point during the morning Jaylen convinces his friends to skip a class and meet him in the cafeteria.

7:44 AM: Jaylen typed a lengthy group text to his family describing how he wants his funeral, who his belongings are to be given to, and his final wishes.

“I want to be fully dressed in Camo in my casket, make sure all of my trust money or whatever goes to my brother.”

“Apologize to [blank/redacted] parents and tell them that I didn't want to go alone. And who would be better to go with them then the one and only [blank/redacted], also apologize to Andrews fam and [blank/redacted] fam for me taking them with me. But I needed my ride or dies with me on the other side. I LOVE YOU FAMILY! I really do! More than anything, I needed to do this tho … I wasn't happy. And I need my crew with me too. I'm sorry. I love you.“ He spent the majority of early morning classes typing out the last message he would send them.

(I couldn't find a screenshot of the message)

10:25 AM: He contacted either a friend or the cousin of Shilene through FB messenger. He told them to have Shilene call him before he follows through.

It's the only screenshot I could find, it's a picture of his gun in his lap.

10:37 AM: Jaylen texts his dad “Read the letter on my bed, Dad I love you.”

A few seconds after this text he sent out the message he had spent the morning typing to a family group chat.

At 10:39 AM Jaylen opened fire on his friends sitting at the cafeteria table with him, going clockwise around the table.

I'm going to use a screenshot from Documenting Evil's channel on YT to give a visual, ALL CREDS GO TO THEM.

I just colored it in myself because only 1 victim, besides the 2 girls directly to the right who immediately fled, survives.

By 10:43 AM the police verify that the shooter is down after Jaylen turned the gun on himself.

Aftermath/Victims

!Because of the age of the victims NO crime scene photos have ever been released. I will leave photos of the victims below though.

It should be noted that Gia, Shaylee, and Andrew did not die instantly and died in hospital between 2 days and 2 weeks following the shooting.

After the shooting many were surprised at the local reaction, many grieved over Jaylen as well as the other victims. Even some of the victim's family members came to Jaylen's defense, saying he committed a horrible act but was a genuine soul who needed help. He is even included on memorial's for that day.

Andrew Fryberg, the 3rd victim, was Jaylen's cousin.

On March 31, 2015 Jaylen's father Ray Fryberg was arrested for 5 guns he had bought after an unverified background check. He was not legally allowed to own guns and one of the guns purchased was the Beretta later used in the shooting.

The families have also filed an $18 million lawsuit following the tragedy.

Edit: Shilene (the ex gf) was not hurt during the shooting, she lived in a different county.