A Marysville teacher tried to stop the Washington high school shooting on Friday where a freshman opened fire in a cafeteria and killed two people, including himself.
Student Erick Cervantes saw the shootings and identified the teacher who tried to stop them as Megan Silberberger to CBS’s KIRO-TV. Silberberger is a first-year social studies teacher for the Marysville district.
Cervantes told KIRO-TV, “I believe she’s actually the real hero. She’s the one that intercepted him with the gun. He tried either relocating or tried aiming at her. She tried moving his hand away and he tried shooting and shot himself in the neck.”
The altercation between Silberberger and the identified shooter Jaylen Fryberg only lasted a few seconds, but it was enough to save lives.
Fryberg killed one girl and seriously wounded four other students before shooting himself. According to witnesses, two of the gunman’s cousins were wounded.
Randy Davis, the president of the Marysville Education Association, described the first-year teacher as someone with high enthusiasm and a lot of passion. She also student taught at the school last year.
Davis described the Marysville teacher’s reaction to ABC News. “For anybody involved in that, they have to decide between fight or flight. She picked to go towards it, instinctively that’s what she did.”
The motivation for Fryberg’s actions is unidentified, but some students suspect he was dealing with bullying and may have faced a rejection from a girl.
Fryberg’s Twitter feed further suggests he was struggling with some problem. On Monday he posted, “I should have listened…You were right…The whole time you were right.” On Wednesday he updated, “It won’t last…It’ll never last.”
The Marysville teacher Megan Silberberger posted a message on the school district’s website today. “While I am thankful and grateful for the support from everyone, at this time I am requesting privacy for myself and my family.”
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