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Shooting at Oregon Elementary School Kills at Least Four Including Three Children
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In Short: At least four people, including three children, were killed in a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon.
At least four people, including three children, were killed in a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, according to multiple law enforcement officials.
The incident began around 12:59 p.m. when a call was made about a shot fired into a car outside the school. Further 911 calls came from inside the school.
Bend Police Department spokesperson Sheila Miller said the suspect was shot and went down inside the school soon after police arrived. Miller confirmed that at least two people were hospitalized, but their conditions were not immediately known.
Silver Rail Elementary, which has 459 enrolled students, was placed under lockdown. Miller said, 'We’re in the process at this time of going room by room and evacuating each of the people who are in that school. This is the kind of thing we never want to see happen in Bend. It’s devastating.'
Ron Wyden, the U.S. Senator from Oregon, expressed his condolences on X, stating, 'My heart is with the victims of today’s shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School and their loved ones now facing the consequences of another school shooting in America.'
Miller added, 'Our immediate priorities are caring for our students and staff and assisting law enforcement and emergency responders. We will make every resource they need available.'
The Bend-La Pine school district wrote on Facebook that the school was under lockdown. Law enforcement officials told NBC News that multiple people are dead, including the shooter.
The community remains stunned and heartbroken by this senseless tragedy, as the incident has left a large law enforcement presence around the school, and authorities advised people to avoid the area.
What this adds
The incident highlights the ongoing issue of school shootings in the United States, prompting further discussions on safety measures and gun control.
What's confirmed
- At least four people have been killed, including three children, in a shooting at an elementary school in Oregon, part of the northwestern United States.
- Authorities received a call about a shot fired into a car outside Silver Rail Elementary at 12:59 p.m.
- The school in Bend, Oregon, which is more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) southeast of Portland, had 459 enrolled students as of last year, according to the Oregon Depa This is a developing story.
- Further 911 calls came from inside the school, she said.
- “We’re in the process at this time of going room by room and evacuating each of the people who are in that school.... This is the kind of thing we never want to see happen in Bend. It’s devastating,” Miller said, pausing to control her emotions.
- “We don’t have a number at this point. We know children are among the victims,” Miller said during a media briefing.
- Silver Rail Elementary was under lockdown, the Bend-La Pine school district wrote on Facebook.
- The attacker was shot and went down inside the school soon after police arrived, she said.
- BEND, Ore. – Authorities believe at least five people are dead following a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, according to two law enforcement officials with knowledge of the case.
- "No words can adequately express the grief our community is experiencing."
- "stunned and heartbroken by this senseless tragedy."
- Multiple outlets including CNN and CBS News are citing unnamed law enforcement sources in reporting at least three children and one adult were killed in the shooting.
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