Videos show suspect in school shooting playing with guns
Source: Associated Press
Nicholas K. Geranios, Associated Press
Updated 3:17 pm, Thursday, September 14, 2017
ROCKFORD, Wash. (AP) The student accused of shooting a classmate to death at a Washington state high school and wounding three others had posted videos online showing him playing with guns, including one where he pretends to hunt for a drug dealer.
Classmates at Freeman High School in the tiny town of Rockford, south of Spokane, knew about the videos. Junior Paul Fricke told The Spokesman-Review newspaper (http://bit.ly/2wazhtH ) that "we knew he had an assault rifle, because he uses it in his YouTube videos."
In one, the suspect and a friend display several guns, including what appear to be airsoft weapons and one actual rifle, and act out a scenario where they search for an imaginary neighborhood drug dealer.
Another student described the suspect as obsessed with previous school shootings.
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