SEATTLE — The father of the Marysville-Pilchuck High School shooter goes on trial in federal court Monday.
Prosecutors say his son, Jaylen Fryberg, got a gun his father never should have had.
Raymond Fryberg's attorneys will argue the system made the mistake, not him. His attorneys say a protection order never made it clear he couldn't own a gun and they also said he was able to get a conceal and carry permit from the state.
Raymond Fryberg's attorneys showed KIRO 7 the permit the last time our news crew was in Federal Court.
Prosecutors allege Fryberg should have known a protection order wouldn't allow him to buy the guns, even though a background check cleared him.
One of those handguns was later used by his son when he shot five friends at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, killing four of them and himself.
Raymond Fryberg's attorneys say prosecutors are mistaken.
“I believe more and more that they really don’t know what they’re doing – the prosecutors,” said attorney John Henry Browne.
Fryberg's family has become targets to some in the Tulalip Tribes. Their home and a truck were vandalized with their windows broken out a few months ago.
Each of the charges against Raymond Fryberg could get him 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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