4 Killed, Including 3 Children, in Oregon Elementary School Shooting; Suspect Also Dead
Police said 459 students were enrolled at the school, and investigators are still working to determine who fired the fatal shot.
- On Thursday, a 16-year-old gunman forced entry into Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, killing three children ages 5, 8, and 11, plus one teacher, before dying inside, Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said.
- Officers arrived at the campus at 1:02 p.m., minutes after dispatchers received reports of a shooter firing into a car outside the school. An armed community member who witnessed the suspect enter pursued him inside and shot him, authorities said.
- Two additional victims—a seven-year-old student and a 54-year-old teacher—remain hospitalized with critical injuries. The attack triggered an immediate facility-wide lockdown, with adjacent campuses also placed under precautionary lockdown.
- Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook canceled classes districtwide Friday, while police directed families to Journey Church at 61303 S Highway 97 for reunification with students evacuated by bus.
- Oregon Governor Tina Kotek praised the community member's intervention, saying the bystander's actions carry "a heavy emotional burden." The shooting marks the 28th mass killing in the U.S. this year, according to a database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today.
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Police say a 16-year-old boy shot and killed three children and wounded a teacher at an elementary school in the US state of Oregon, before a local resident shot and killed the attacker, the BBC reported.
EADaily, 16 October 2026. In Bend, Oregon, a 16-year-old boy opened fire at Silver Rail Elementary School, killing children aged 5, 8 and 11; another seven-year-old child, as well as a 54-year-old teacher, are in serious condition, reports CNN.
3 Children, Teacher Killed In Oregon School Mass Shooting
Three children and a teacher were shot dead at a primary school in Oregon, on Thursday. Another child and teacher were critically injured and hospitalized after an incident that took place at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend at around 1 p.
Salem. A 16-year-old opened fire yesterday at a primary school in the town of Bend, Oregon, where he killed three children and a teacher before being killed by a passer-by who chased him into the school, authorities said.
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