Jaylen Fryberg shot 5 , killing 1 , at his Washington high school before killing himself . Friend and fellow student Nate Heckendorf explained that this honor means `` a lot of people had good hopes for him and thought the best of him . '' Fellow students express surprise , describing him as a well-liked and good person . He was the first student to die in an active shooter incident since Columbine High School ( Colorado ) on April 20 of 1999. `` I would have never expected it would have been him , '' another classmate says .
Jaylen Fryberg shot 5 , killing 1 , at his Washington high school before killing himself . Fellow students express surprise , describing him as a well-liked and good person . He was the first student to die in an active shooter incident since Columbine High School ( Colorado ) on April 20 of 1999. `` I would have never expected it would have been him , '' another classmate says .