SEATTLE (AP) – The father of the Washington teenager who fatally shot four of his high school classmates and himself in October pleaded not guilty on Thursday to illegally possessing the gun his son used in the slayings.
Raymond Lee Fryberg Jr. was the subject of a domestic violence protection order that had been issued by the Tulalip Tribal Court in 2002. That order meant he was not allowed to have a gun. But prosecutors say he purchased a Beretta handgun sometime between January 2013 and October 2014.
His son Jaylen Fryberg used the gun when he killed his classmates and himself at the Marysville-Pilchuck High School in October 2014.
If Raymond Fryberg is convicted of the charge, he faces a maximum of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
The judge set his trial for June 22.
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