15 yr old gunman, shoots five classmates in cafeteria

The school teacher

A 15-year-old boy as he fired bullets across his high school cafeteria.

Megan Silberberger ran into the room after hearing Jaylen Fryberg shoot dead one classmate and critically wound four others.

Students dived for cover and others fled but as the popular teenager stopped to reload his gun, witnesses told Kiro Tv, Silberberger walked over and grabbed his arm.

In a two-second struggle, Fryberg is said to have pointed the gun at her before shooting himself dead.

The shocking account suggests Silberger, a first year social services teacher and part-time soccer player, may have prevented a massacre at the Washington school.

Nonetheless, hundreds of students, teachers and parents piled into a nearby church tonight for a candlelit vigil as the community reels in shock struggling to cope with the tragic loss of two lives as four teenagers are treated in hospital.According to an unnamed teen, Fryberg was a popular freshman and a member of the Marysville-Pilchuk football team, but he was recently suspended for fighting. 

He was also an avid hunter and gun enthusiast, as evidenced by photos posted on his social media accounts. 

A few months ago, he shared a picture online showing off a new rifle he had received for his birthday.

Earlier this month, the freshman was crowned homecoming prince, but a classmate told CNN that may have been subjected to bullying.

Police Commander Robb Lamoureux told reporters authorities believed that the shooter acted alone, but had no immediate word on a motive.

However, Jarron Webb, 15, told the Seattle Times Fryberg was angry at a girl for spurning his advance, and that he shot her dead as payback for her rejection. 

On the eve of the shooting, Fryberg wrote an ominous final post on Twitter that read: 'it won't last.... It'll never last.... '

While Fryberg's friends and classmates described him as a nice, well-liked boy, his online history paints a somewhat different picture.

The world keeps getting crazier

Culled from daily mail