Several new details about the Marysville-Pilchuck High School shooting were revealed in hundreds of pages of investigation documents released Tuesday.
Just before the Oct. 24, 2014 shooting that killed four victims and wounded three others, gunman Jaylen Fryberg sent a text message to his father saying, "Read the paper on my bed. Dad I love you."
His father, Raymond Lee Fryberg, was charged on March 30 with one count of illegally possessing the gun that his son used in the Marysville-Pilchuck High School shooting. He pleaded not guilty to that charge the next day and this summer pleaded not guilty to additional gun charges.
Seconds after sending the text to his father, Fryberg sent a prepared text to his family regarding his funeral – then started shooting in the school cafeteria.
A substitute teacher told investigators she knew about a shooting threat two days before the fatal incident. When the office staff didn't recall her reporting it, the substitute later recanted her statement about telling them, according to the documents.
Fryberg and the cousin he killed, Andrew Fryberg, had an argument the previous day, documents reveal.
A fellow student later told an eyewitness he saw Jaylen Fryberg stand up at his table, look at someone, and say "you're dead." Jaylen Fryberg "appeared emotionless" as he opened fire on the cafeteria, according to a witness, and a pulled fire alarm was the first official call for help.
The day of the shooting, Fryberg put his head on his desk for most of the Introduction to Marketing class, but his teacher said that was normal. In a later language arts class, a teacher also said Fryberg had his head down and was using his cell phone.
When the teacher called him on it, Fryberg responded, "it doesn't matter."
Megan Silberberger, regarded as a hero teacher, came into the cafeteria after the shootings and tried to grab Fryberg's gun before he fatally shot himself. Silberberger told a student to call 911 and cared for a victim who had been shot in the mouth.
"We continue working together alongside the City of Marysville and the Tulalip Tribes to move forward and help our community heal, unite and grow stronger," Marysville School District spokesman Craig Degginger said in a statement. "Through our joint efforts, we have offered multiple resources, including more than a dozen different therapy and support groups, additional counselors in our schools, youth mental health training for district staff and screenings for at-risk students.
"It is our goal to create an environment where our students feel safe and supported both in the classroom and out."
Follow this link to see photos from the Marysville-Pilchuck High School the day of the shooting.