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October 27, 2014

2nd Washington State High School Shooting Victim Dies; 2 in Critical Condition 
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Two people were killed and three severely wounded on Friday when a
student opened fire at his high school in Washington state. The shooter
was identified as 14-year-old Jaylen Fryberg, a freshman. He opened fire
in the school cafeteria before taking his own life. One girl died at the
scene, while another girl succumbed to her wounds on Sunday night. Three
others remain hospitalized, two of them in critical condition. A female
teacher has been credited with preventing more deaths by wrestling the
shooter to the ground as he tried to reload. There have been more than
75 school shootings since the Newtown massacre that left 26 dead in
December 2012.

 

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