A newly hired teacher confronted a gunman and was being hailed as a hero on Saturday after a deadly shooting rampage in the cafeteria of a Washington state high school. First-year social studies teacher Megan Silberberger intervened in the attack Friday at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, teachers union president Randy Davis said. The teacher intercepted the gunman as he paused, possibly to reload, student Erick Cervantes told Kiro-tv. "I'm completely amazed by her actions and I feel for her," Davis told The Associated Press. "I don't know why she was in the cafeteria but I'm just grateful she was there." The...
- 10/26/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
A newly hired teacher confronted a gunman and was being hailed as a hero on Saturday after a deadly shooting rampage in the cafeteria of a Washington state high school. First-year social studies teacher Megan Silberberger intervened in the attack Friday at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, teachers union president Randy Davis said. The teacher intercepted the gunman as he paused, possibly to reload, student Erick Cervantes told Kiro-tv. "I'm completely amazed by her actions and I feel for her," Davis told The Associated Press. "I don't know why she was in the cafeteria but I'm just grateful she was there." The...
- 10/26/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Jaylen Fryberg was well liked and athletic, a football player named to his high school's homecoming court just one week ago. He was also facing problems, writing of some unspecified troubles on his Twitter feed: "It breaks me ... It actually does ... " The popular Marysville-Pilchuck High School freshman opened fire in the school's cafeteria late Friday morning, a government official with direct knowledge of the shooting told the Associated Press. One girl was killed and four other young people - including two of the gunman's cousins - were badly wounded before Fryberg fatally shot himself, witnesses, police and relatives said. His motives remained unclear.
- 10/25/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Jaylen Fryberg was well liked and athletic, a football player named to his high school's homecoming court just one week ago. He was also facing problems, writing of some unspecified troubles on his Twitter feed: "It breaks me ... It actually does ... " The popular Marysville-Pilchuck High School freshman opened fire in the school's cafeteria late Friday morning, a government official with direct knowledge of the shooting told the Associated Press. One girl was killed and four other young people - including two of the gunman's cousins - were badly wounded before Fryberg fatally shot himself, witnesses, police and relatives said. His motives remained unclear.
- 10/25/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
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