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Jaylen Fryberg is the 14-year-old freshman who opened fire today in the cafeteria at Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Washington. The gunman wounded multiple victims, including at least one friend of his, before fatally shooting himself. Police have said that two people involved in the shooting are dead, including Fryberg. The other deceased person was a female student at Pilchuck.

This was his final tweet, sent yesterday:

It won't last…. It'll never last….

— Jaylen Fryberg (@frybergj) October 23, 2014

Here’s what we know about him so far.

1. He Just Broke Up With His Girlfriend

A student who identified himself as a friend of the gunman told Fox News in a televised interview today that Jaylen Fryberg recently “went through a breakup.” He had been dating the same girl since seventh grade, and his social media profiles include many pictures of them together and loving messages to her.

The girl featured in many of his pictures posted a video recently to Facebook showing Fryberg asking her to Homecoming.

Students told CNN that he was named freshman homecoming king at that dance on October 17.

Two weeks later, she said referenced the break-up, saying that everything happened and that people came and went in her life “for a reason.”

Reports also say that Fryberg recently got into a fight at football practice and was suspended from the team, but students described him as “a quiet kid”. It is reported that a racial statement of some kind may have been made during this altercation with NBC News reporting a student, Bryce Vitcovitch, saying that Fryberg had “an incident the other day when a kid was being somewhat racist, and he punched him.”

KIRO reports that Fryberg had been bullied and was “sick of it.”

A little over a month ago, Fryberg tweeted about disputes over his girlfriend. On September 19 he said on social media, “Dude. She tells me everything. And now I f*cking HATE you! Your no longer my “Brother”!” That was preceded by this tweet:

Did you forget she was my girlfriend?😂😂😤

— Jaylen Fryberg (@frybergj) September 19, 2014

He previously tweeted angry and despondent statements, sometimes directed at those he had disagreements with:

Your gonna piss me off… And then some shits gonna go down and I don't think you'll like it…😤😤😤

— Jaylen Fryberg (@frybergj) August 20, 2014

Your not gonna like what happens next‼️😤

— Jaylen Fryberg (@frybergj) August 20, 2014

Fuck It‼️😖😤😖😖😖 Might As well Die Now😖😤😤😤😖😖💔💔

— Jaylen Fryberg (@frybergj) June 20, 2014

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2. His Parents Bought Him a Gun for His Birthday

According to his Instagram, Fryberg’s parents gave him a gun for his birthday three months ago. It was not the gun used in the attack — that was a handgun and not a rifle.

Many posts on his social media profiles reference his love of hunting, including many images of hunting such as the one above. Friends confirm in interviews that he was a hunter and had firearms experience.

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3. He Shot His Cousin in the Head During the Attack

(Screengrab via KING5)

According to student witnesses, he walked up to a specific table in the cafeteria before opening fire. Jordan Luton told CNN, “They were his friends, so it wasn’t just random.” The horrific shooting began just after 10 a.m. After attacking the students, Fryberg turned the gun on himself and committed suicide.

KING 5 reporter Mark Wright tweeted that Fryberg “shot two females at close range.” A student, Jarron Webb, told the Seattle Times, that he was “angry at a girl who would not date him.” Webb also said that one of the victims was a friend of Fryberg’s since kindergarten.

Another student told KOMO reporter Lindsay Cohen that Fryberg was “like normal” a day before the attack.

Most of the wounded were airlifted to Providence Regional Hospital, according to that facility they are treating three patients who are all in critical condition. Dr. Joanna Roberts of Providence said all of their patients “have very, very serious wounds.”

Those patients are two females and one boy, 15. The boy has been named as Andrew Fryberg, Jaylen’s cousin. Another student is at Harborview Medical Center in serious condition.

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4. He Was a Football Player & Wrestler

Fryberg played on the school’s freshman football and wrestling teams. The video below shows him in action as a youth wrestler.

Friends described him as being very involved in athletics, and he posted regularly on social media about sports, including posting many videos of his friends playing basketball on Vine. One of his coaches told KIRO’s Amy Clancy that Fryberg was “hard-working and smart” and that he was a “good kid from a good family.”

5. He Was a Member of the Tulalip Tribes

Fryberg was a member of the Native American Tulalip Tribes and lived in Tulalip Bay, Washington, about six miles from Marysville.

A prominent elder named Ray Fryberg is the tribes’ director of fish and wildlife. He was the subject of this 2012 feature:

Fryberg posted an Instagram last January comparing the number of Americans killed on 9/11 with the “12 million Native Americans killed by Christians.”

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