Editing Barry Loukaitis (section)

==Frontier Middle School shooting==
On February 2nd, 1996 (the same Month as Loukaitis's parents officially were divorced) Barry would walk from his home to Frontier Middle School (where he was a student) in Moses Lake, Washington dressed as a Western style gunslinger.<ref>[https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/barry-loukaitis-moses-lake-school-shooter-apologizes-in-1st-remarks/ Barry Loukaitis, Moses Lake school shooter, breaks silence with apology], ''The Seattle Times''</ref>

Armed with a 357 Magnum revolver, a .30-30 rifle, and a .25 ACP Pistol he would walk into his 5th period Algebra class and opened fire killing two students, Arnold Fritz and Manuel Vela, Jr., both fourteen. Another student, 13-year-old Natalie Hintz, sustained critical gunshot wounds to the right arm and abdomen, she would later be airlifted to hospital.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/14/us/where-rampages-begin-special-report-adolescent-angst-shooting-up-schools.html Where Rampages Begin: A special report.; From Adolescent Angst To Shooting Up Schools], ''The New York Times''</ref>

Loukaitis would then fatally shoot his teacher Leona Caires in the chest stating ''"This sure beats the hell out of Algebra, doesn't it?"'' Two staff members would enter the classroom to find Loukaitis holding his classmates hostage, he started asking for a hostage so he could safely exit the school. Jon Lane, a sports coach at the school, volunteered as a hostage. Lane grabbed Loukaitis' rifle and wrestle him to the ground with the assistance of other students, keeping him subdued until police arrived and arrested Loukaitis.<ref>[https://mycrimelibrary.com/barry-loukaitis-teen-killer/ Barry Loukaitis: Teen Killer School Shooter], ''My Crime Library''</ref>