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Shooter Kills Four at Oregon Elementary School
Confirmed
In Short: Despite some variation in the details, all reports agree that a 16-year-old shooter killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, before being shot and killed by a bystander.
Three children and a teacher were killed in a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, according to ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos and The Guardian.
The incident began around 1 p.m. when the school was directed into lockdown, as reported by ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos and Ksat.
According to ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos and Al Jazeera (Qatar), the shooter, a 16-year-old, was fatally shot by a community member who saw him entering the school.
The Bend Police Department confirmed that the shooter forced his way into the school by shooting at locked doors, as reported by ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos and The Times of Israel (Israel).
The victims include a 5-year-old, an 8-year-old, and an 11-year-old child, as well as a 54-year-old teacher, according to ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos and BBC (United Kingdom).
Multiple 911 calls reported the shooter's entry into the school, prompting a large police presence, as noted by ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos and AFP.
The shooter was found dead inside the school minutes after the shooting was first reported, according to Ksat and Los Angeles Times.
Classes, activities, and athletic events at all Bend-La Pine Schools are canceled for Friday, as stated by ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos and Los Angeles Times.
The shooter was identified as a 16-year-old Bend resident, as confirmed by Justthenews and ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos.
Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said, “This is something we never want to happen anywhere, but especially, and particularly, here in our beautiful community in Bend,” as quoted by Wral.
The Bend Police Department has not confirmed whether the shooter attended the school or knew anyone there, as reported by ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos and Los Angeles Times.
The school, which had 459 enrolled students as of last year, is more than 100 miles southeast of Portland, according to 2News and Boston25News.
What this adds
Despite some variation in the details, all reports agree that a 16-year-old shooter killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, before being shot and killed by a bystander.
Background
At least four people, including three children, were killed in a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon.
Despite some variation in the details, all reports agree that a 16-year-old shooter killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, before being shot and killed by a bystander.
What's confirmed
- Three children and one teacher are dead after a shooter forced his way into an elementary school in Oregon on Thursday afternoon and opened fire, authorities said.
- In addition, a 7-year-old child and a 54-year-old teacher were taken to the hospital with critical injuries, police said.
- Shortly afterward, the Deschutes County dispatch center began receiving multiple 911 calls that a shooter had entered Silver Rail Elementary School.
- The suspected shooter, a 16-year-old, was fatally shot by a community member who saw the teen going into the Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz told reporters at a news conference Thursday evening.
- The three children who were killed were 5, 8 and 11 years old.
- At 1:01 p.m., the school was directed to go into lockdown, Krantz said.
- Krantz said the initial investigation indicates the shooter "forced" his way inside the school by shooting at locked doors.
- They have not said whether he attended the school or knew anyone at the school.
- Classes, activities and athletic events at all Bend-La Pine Schools are canceled for Friday, school officials said.
- Three children and one teacher were shot dead at an elementary school Thursday in the northwestern US state of Oregon, police said, adding that the assailant was a 16-year-old who was killed by an armed bystander.
- EN ESPAÑOL | Cuatro muertos en tiroteo en una escuela primaria de Oregon The Bend Police Department said officers responded just before 1 p.m. to the Silver Rail Elementary School after a first call reported a person fired a gun into a car.
- The unnamed attacker forced his way into Silver Rail Elementary School in the US city of Bend on Thursday afternoon by shooting at locked doors, police said.
What's still developing
- Both officials said the death toll was preliminary and could change.
- The juvenile victims were five, eight and 11 years old, officials said.
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- “We are stunned and heartbroken by this senseless tragedy,” Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook said in a statement.