On October 24 , 2014 , the cafeteria of Marysville Pilchuck High School was the site of a school shooting , in which five students ( including the perpetrator ) were killed and another was left seriously injured . The shooting garnered national attention amidst a debate about gun violence and gun restrictions . The cafeteria was closed for the rest of the school year and replaced by a new building opened in January 2017 , funded by $ 8.3 million from the state legislature and school district
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Marysville Pilchuck High School shooting
Marysville, Washington