on january 8, 1991, jeremy delle, a 15-year-old sophomore, shot himself with a smith & wesson model 19-4 .357 magnum revolver in front of his second-period english class. delle's peers described him as "real quiet" and known for "acting sad". delle was tardy that morning, and after going to his second-period class, he was told to get an admittance slip from the school office for arriving late. delle left the classroom, but instead of going to the school office he went to his locker where he had the gun concealed, and returned to the classroom with it. delle walked to the front of the classroom and announced, as his last words, "miss, i got what i was going for." he then put the barrel in his mouth and pulled the trigger before anyone could react. lisa moore, a schoolmate, knew jeremy from the in-school suspension program: "he and i would pass notes back and forth, and he would talk about life and stuff," she said. "he signed all of his notes, 'write back.' but on monday [january 7] he wrote, 'later days.' i didn't know what to make of it. but i never thought this would happen." the incident inspired the pearl jam song "jeremy". the band's lead singer, eddie vedder, read a newspaper account of the incident and was moved to write the song almost immediately.