Friends told the wire service Kinkel was upset and embarrassed at being arrested and expelled from school Wednesday for allegedly trying to buy a gun from another student. He wanted the gun, one friend said, because his parents had taken his other guns as punishment for his having rolled toilet paper around a house. Some students say Kinkel once gave a talk in speech class about how to build a bomb, bragged about torturing animals and once got in trouble for throwing rocks off a highway overpass, the AP says. Gov. John Kitzhaber has requested all flags to fly at half-staff to honor the victims of this incident. And a trust fund for the families affected by the shooting has been set up through Washington Mutual Banks .
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