The Saga of Jeremy: Pearl Jam’s Song & Its Many Tragedies

Later Days, He Said

Jeremy then proceeded to pull out the gun he had been holding in his pants waistband and shot himself right then and there, in front of his 30 classmates and teacher. Jeremy didn’t have many friends at the time. However, he did have one friend, and her name was Lisa Moore.

A former classmate of Jeremy, speaks during an interview.

Brittany King. Source: WFFA

Lisa later reported that she and Jeremy would pass notes back and forth whenever they found themselves in detention. Jeremy typically signed his notes with “Write back,” but the last note he passed down to Lisa was signed “Later days.”

The question remains: What happened to Jeremy?