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I assume the sheriff talked to the teacher at least, if not every witness, but again, his reasons aren’t reported.

The article you just linked has the same paragraph as the article I just linked. The eyewitness in the video contradicts it. I don’t know how the police could determine whether she touched him or not, except by eyewitness testimony.

I read it here:
http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Girl-wounded-in-Washington-school-shooting-dies-5849711.php

Other coverage of the same press conference repeat the basic reporting.

I assume you’re referring to this report.

However, the very same article quotes an eyewitness as saying the opposite. There’s a video, too. This kid was right next to the table, and called 911:

As far as your theory about the murder motive goes, the same thing had occurred to me but I rejected it. That’s because, although it’s not an unusual motive for parents who murder children, I’ve never heard of it with peers. It seems quite limited to parent/child murders, or sometimes elderly spouses (but that tends more to be a suicide pact). I have never heard of such a thing with an adolescent and friends. That would be an even greater pathology, in a way—a narcissism so extreme that it causes a person to think his friends can’t live without him. I just don’t think that’s what was going on here at all. I suppose we’ll learn more as time goes on.

Early investigation reporting is Fryberg was confronted by a teacher but there was no physical contact, which points to suicide rather than unintentionally shooting himself in a struggle. The reporting also says he invited his friends to join him for lunch. It appears his intent was targeted killing of his childhood friends and not a generalized shooting spree, eg, he didn’t shoot that teacher.

Off-the-wall theory based on nothing reported: What if he killed his friends not because he was angry at them but because they were that important to him? What if he was committed to committing suicide and wanted his best friends with him in the afterlife? Again, that’s based on nothing reported, but I was thinking of suicidal parents who kill their children whom they love.

I would be interested to know if Jaylen had ADHD
or some form of mental illness, perhaps in the early stages. Also if he had any learning disabilities or was using drugs. This is not to excuse his behavior only to seek a fuller understanding of him.

As to The Mask of Sanity. I have read it and agree that Jaylen could have been a sociopath/psychopath. They are very clever and can be very charming and appear to fit in.

I hope someone does a complete study of him and gets to the roots of his behavior. People keep saying you can’t know why someone behaves as he did. I don’t agree. If you can get a complete and honest history you usually can understand whey they did what they did.