A third teenage victim of last week's Washington state high school shooting has died — raising to four the number of fatalities from the moment when a student opened fire in a cafeteria then shot himself.
Shaylee Chuckulnaskit, 14, died Friday afternoon, according to afficials at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Wash.
Zoe Galasso, 14, was killed during the shooting by Jaylen Fryberg, freshman at Marysville-Pilchuck High School. Gia Soriano, also 14, died Sunday at the same hospital.
A second victim has died after a popular high school student opened fire inside Marysville-Pilchuck High School near Seattle on Friday.
Gia Soriano, 14, succumbed to her injuries on Sunday at 9:30 p.m. Pacific time [October 26], the Providence Regional Medical Center said. Soriano was one of five people attacked by 15-year old freshman Jaylen Fryberg in a rampage directed at his friends and family members.
As many as six people were injured in a shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, according to law enforcement sources.
The school was placed on lockdown at 10:45 a.m. Friday.
Police and emergency vehicles could be seen around the school.
Shortly after 11:00 a.m. groups of students were seen walking away from the school with their hands in the air.
It is unclear if a shooter is at large.
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A gunman believed to have opened fire at Marysville-Pilchuck High School Friday morning is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to two law-enforcement sources.
Police have not released details, but there are reports of as many as seven other people shot about 10:45 a.m.
Seriously, I feel like school shootings hadn't been happening in years, then after that one in 2012 (which for some reason the name is escaping me), they have been happening one after another.
I still don't think guns should be banned, though. If a person wants to use a gun to kill people, they won't care if they need to get the gun illegally.