In 1996, 14-year-old school shooter Barry Loukaitis opened fire on his 5th-period Algebra class in Moses Lake, Washington, killing 2 fellow students and a teacher.
As his classmates began to panic, Loukaitis was quoted saying, "This sure beats the hell out of algebra, doesn't it?"
In the year prior to the shooting, the Loucaitis family was facing some dysfunctional issues. Loucaitis' parents separated in 1995, after his mother discovered her husband was having an affair. She filed for divorce against her husband in January 1996. His mother, Jo Ann Philips was a domineering woman who became increasingly distant and began speaking of suicide. She would frequently imply that her son Barry would also have to kill himself and that the date of the double-suicide would be on Valentine's day of 1996. Barry convinced his mother out of doing so, by having her write down her feelings. Loukaitis suffered from hyperactivity, and was taking Ritalin at the time of the shooting. He also suffered from clinical depression, a menthal illness present in the last three generations of the Loujaitis family, and the last four generations of the Phillips Family. It was wildly believed that Loukaitis had suffered severe bullying at school. Those who knew him claim that he complained of being beaten by other students, teased and harassed, and having his head stuffed in toilets. On one occasion, he was held down by one student while another student urinated on him. Loukaitis claimed that he only intended on killing Manuel Vela, and that the other deaths were accidental. Vella had allegedly taunted and humiliated Loukaitis. The latter also claimed that he wanted to enact revenge on Vela for calling him a "fag" a a few days before the shooting. His deteriorating mental health and being bullied are believed to have caused Loukaitis to carry out his actions.
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