Police release ominous text messages sent by Marysville-Pilchuck

Police released some text messages sent by Jaylen Fryberg, the teen who opened fire at Marysville-Pilchuck High School last month.

A detective investigating the shooting said in court documents that Fryberg's texts turned dark during the week before the gunfire.

While the boy had publicly posted some angry messages on social media starting in late July, his posts otherwise were "pretty normal," the detective wrote. The change began on Oct. 18.

MARYSVILLE, Wash. — On the day of the shooting, Fryberg texted more than a dozen family members about what he wanted to wear at his funeral and who should get his possessions.

Detectives learned that Fryberg had been upset by something that happened between him and a 15-year-old identified in the detective's search warrant affidavit only by her initials and described as a "close friend."

Court papers say investigators know what happened between the two but decided against including specifics in the search warrant documents to protect her identity. On Oct. 18, Jaylen texted: "Ohk (sic) well don't bother coming to my funeral." The girl stopped responding and ignored other text messages. On Oct. 22, the boy texted: "I set the date. Hopefully you regret not talking to me," ''You have no idea what I'm talking about. But you will" and "Bang bang I'm dead." When the friend asked Jaylen to quit, he replied: "No. You don't care. I don't care."

When she stopped responding, Jaylen tried to reach her through another friend. Court papers say that on the morning of Oct. 24, Jaylen used Facebook to send that friend a picture of a gun sitting between his legs. He told the friend to have the other girl "call me before I do this."

That message was sent just minutes before the shooting started.

The boy also asked relatives to apologize to the families of his friends "who get caught up in the (expletive) tomorrow" — referring to the day after the shooting.

The popular teen fatally shot four friends he had invited to have lunch with him and wounded a fifth teen before killing himself.

The victims included Gia Soriano, Zoe Galasso and Shaylee Chuckulnaskit, all 14, and Andrew Fryberg, 15. All were shot in the head. Nate Hatch, 14, was shot in the jaw and is recovering.

Investigators have found no evidence to support a rumor that students had expressed concerns about Jaylen to school authorities before the shootings, police spokeswoman Shari Ireton said.

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