Three students and one teacher were killed in a shooting at an Oregon elementary school
A 16-year-old gunman entered Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, by firing through locked doors, killing three children and a teacher before being shot dead by a community member. The victims included children aged five, eight, and 11, and one teacher. The school serves special education students and had about 450 students enrolled.
- A 16-year-old gunman entered Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, by firing through locked doors, killing three children and a teacher before being shot dead by a community member.
- Three children aged five, eight, and 11, and one teacher died in the shooting at the school in Bend, Oregon.
- A 7-year-old child and a 54-year-old teacher were critically injured in the attack.
- The shooter entered the school by shooting through locked doors and was a former student.
- The gunman was 16 years old and used a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun purchased by his mother.
- The Gun Violence Archive recorded over 360 mass shootings in the U.S. this year, including this incident as the 28th mass killing.
- The suspect is identified as 16-year-old Griffin J. John II.
- The attacker used a shotgun bought by his mother.
- A community member shot and killed the suspect at the school.
- A teacher threw her phone at the armed teenager.
- The school serves about 450 students from kindergarten to fifth grade.
- The school had 459 students enrolled last year.
- Bend police chief Mike Krantz said the three children who died were aged five, eight, and 11.
- The Bend-La Pine school district canceled classes and activities at its thirty-two schools.
- Police chief Mike Krantz said a community member saw the suspect enter and pursued him.
- The shooter was killed by a 36-year-old father, Kaylub Giamanco.
- U.S. President Donald Trump praised Kaylub Giamanco as a hero.
- The police reported all victims were shot in the same classroom.
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