Barry Loukaitis
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Barry Loukaitis (born February 26, 1981) is a convicted American murderer, who killed 3 people in a school shooting at Frontier Junior High, in Moses Lake, Washington on February 2, 1996.
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[edit] Barry Loukaitis
Loukaitis was born to Terry Loukaitis and Joann Phillips. He suffered from clinical depression, which was also present in the last four generations of the Loukaitis family. His depression was worsened by bullying, which may have been a motive for Barry's murderous rampage
[edit] Weapons and Shooting
On the 2nd of February, 1996, Barry Loukaitis, then 14, dressed as a wild west style gunslinger and used a duster (Long coat - See Trenchcoat) to conceal a high powered hunting rifle and two handguns. He was carrying almost 80 rounds of ammunition.
He arrived at the doorway of his algebra class and promptly shot his teacher in the back of the head, as she was writing equations on the board. He then fired at students, killing two, one of them a bully to him. He also shot a girl in the arm. He then looked around at his class, who were thoroughly traumatised, and quoted directly from Stephen King's Rage; "This sure beats algebra, huh?".
[edit] Arrest and Punishment
Loukaitis took hostages for a short amount of time, but released the wounded. The hostage situation was stopped when teacher Jon Lane came into the room, assisted in the evacuation of injured students, then tackled Loutaikis, keeping him there until police arrived. Loukaitis is now serving two mandatory life terms without parole plus 205 years.
