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Jalyen Fryberg killed five friends after inviting them to lunch in the cafeteria of their Washington state high school. Known as a popular student, according to his classmates and the Associated Press, Fryberg’s violence and suicide comes as a shock to the Washington community.After texting five friends to invite them to lunch, Fryberg pulled out a handgun in the cafeteria and started shooting. The victims were Zoe R. Galasso, 14, who died at the scene; Gia Soriano, 14, Shaylee Chuckulnaskit, 14, who both died at a hospital, and Fryberg’s two cousins, Nate Hatch, 14, and Andrew Fryberg, 15 who survived but were seriously injured. What is shocking about Fryberg’s actions is his social standing among his classmates. He was the homecoming prince and had lots of friends at school, which is uncommon, since most violent shootings at schools are done by social outcasts, said BYUH student Jordan Petersen, a sophomore in business from Washington State. “It’s hard because it is very unexpected,” but there are so many different variables that can lead to these actions, said Petersen. Tony Farrenkopf, a forensic psychologist in Portland, Ore., has created psychological profiles of mass shooters and said, “School shooters often harbor anger and paranoid delusions, have low self-esteem and hang out with an outcast group.” According to the Huffington Post, many mass shootings are motivated by revenge or envy, that's why many take place at a school or a workplace where shooters felt rejected, but Fryberg did not exhibit these signs. Prince of the Homecoming Court, part of the football team, and a member of a prominent Tulalip Indian Tribes family, Fryber was not the usual social outcast. But there were signs he was not doing well, said Associated Press. According to friends, Fryberg seemed happy although he was upset about a girl. His Twitter feed was recently full of vague, anguished postings like, "It won't last ... It'll never last," and "I should have listened. ... You were right ... The whole time you were right," said AP.Detectives are digging through reams of text messages, phone and social media records as part of an investigation that could take months, Snohomish County Sheriff Ty Trenary said at a news conference.Fryberg breaks the stereotype for a school shooter which makes it more difficult to address solutions, said Scott Wilson, a senior in biology from Canada. It’s difficult to know what could have stopped Fryberg from becoming so violent and suicidal, but Stacey Wilson a senior studying music from Canada, believes Fryberg’s actions stem from high stress. Students don’t have good ways to relieve stress, said Wilson, “There needs to be different outlets for children to release stress and emotions.”While Wilson may be on the right track, the Fryberg family and the families of his victims are trying to heal. "The question everybody wants is, 'Why?'" Trenary said. "I don't know that the 'why' is something we can provide."

As slow-moving lava approached a cemetery in a rural Hawaii town, Aiko Sato placed flowers at the headstone of the family plot she’s tended to over the years, thinking it would be the last time she would see it, reports AP.“I made peace with myself,” Sato said of visiting the Pahoa Japanese Cemetery on Oct. 23. A few days later, lava smothered part of the cemetery and the family believed the headstone had been buried.But a photo taken Oct. 28 by a scientist documenting the lava’s progress showed the headstone engraved with the Sato name standing in a sea of black lava.“I feel like it’s a miracle,” said Sato, 63. “I know subsequent breakouts could cover the grave, but at least I know it survived, like, a first round.”The lava’s flow stalled over the weekend about 480 feet from Pahoa Village Road, which goes through downtown. A breakout of the flow remained about 100 yards from a house. The lava flow is threatening homes and farmland in the Puna region - the same area that was devastated by Hurricane Iselle in August. Hawaii County Civil Defense, informed news agencies the flow was also less than half a mile from Highway 130. Scientists are continuing to monitor several breakouts along the upslope margins of the flow.As the slow moving lava has maintained its creep towards the town of Pahoa, residents have begun packing up belongings and preparing for the worst. Jared Gonzalez, a sophomore in marketing from Mexico, said, “I would just take my family and pack up my stuff. I would kneel down and pray that the lava would spare our home, but that’s all you can really do.”According to the Honolulu Star Advertiser, resident and non-residents alike have been trespassing through county property to access the lava flow. Two have been arrested and county officials urge the public to stay away and not endanger themselves or others. Gabriell Sabalones, a senior in ICS from Indiana, said, “I wouldn’t do anything that would negatively affect myself or anyone else.”There could be a direct hit on a local school in Pahoa and students are doing what they can to save it. The Hawaii Academy of Arts and Science students have taken to social media to protect their school, according to Hawaii News Now. The students have an online campaign to raise money for another building on campus, but as the lava became a threat, the students decided to put the money into saving the school.According to Hawaii News Now, Stella Javier, 15-year-old sophomore, said the goal is to reach out to people and raise awareness of how great her school is. “We want to show our accomplishments and how important it is to us and that in the course of this lava coming, we care about it a lot.”The lava has not advanced in three days, but residents remain prepared for the worst.

More than a year after the murder of his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, Olympic athlete Oscar Pitorious is facing trial in South Africa. Pitorious faces 25 years to life in prison. According to CNN.com, Pistorious describes the event as a tragic accident, rather than premeditated murder. He claimed that he was acting in self-defense, thinking that a burglar had entered the house. Pistorious told the jury in his initial statement, “I fired shots at the toilet door and shouted to Reeva to phone the police. She did not respond and I moved backwards out of the bathroom, keeping my eye on the bathroom entrance. Everything was pitch-dark in the bedroom and I was still too scared to switch on a light. When I reached the bed, I realized that Reeva was not in bed. That is when it dawned on me that it could have been Reeva who was in the toilet. I returned to the bathroom calling her name.” After putting on his prosthetic legs, Pistorious broke open the bathroom door. He said, "Reeva was slumped over but alive.” He then carried her downstairs where she died. The prosection rejected Pistorious’s testimony, instead calling it an “elaborate cover-up plot” and “that he mistook her for a burglar, saying it would make no sense for an intruder to hide behind a locked bathroom door… Pistorius armed himself, attached his prosthetic legs and walked 7 meters (23 feet) to shoot Steenkamp through a bathroom door after a heated argument,” according to the Associated Press. Gerrie Nel, head prosecuter, argued Pistorious’s statements, saying “You never gave them (intruders) a chance, in your version… he (Pistorious) never fired a warning shot.” Nel and the prosecution went onto say “that Pistorious shot to kill- and that his targert was Steenkamp,” according to the Associated Press. Brigham Young University-Hawaii student Cameron Crook, a senior in business management from Oregon, said, “I don’t really know a lot about the trial, but it makes me mad when athletes and celebrities do something wrong and it’s publicized all over. There are other court cases that could be more important and more controversial, but the media only cares about people who are well known.”Pistorious claims that he had no intention of killing his girlfriend. He told the court, "We were deeply in love and couldn't be happier. I loved her and I know she felt the same way."The trials and proceedings have been postponed until May 5th, due to the South African elections.