According to an affidavit of probable cause, the teacher advised police that Lawler had been making threats to him recently, and he believed “Lawler was trying to kill him.”
At about 1:15 p.m. Sept. 19, Federal Way police officers responded to a report of a stabbing at the Holy Innocents School, 2530 S. 298th St., a small private school with less than 40 students.