4 Killed, Including 3 Children, in Oregon Elementary School Shooting; Suspect Also Dead
- On Thursday, a 16-year-old gunman killed three children ages 5, 8, and 11, and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, before an armed civilian pursued and shot him dead.
- The shooter forced entry into the school by firing through locked doors around 1 p.m., prompting emergency dispatchers to receive dozens of 911 calls reporting a gunman inside the building.
- A seven-year-old student and a 54-year-old teacher were critically injured and transported to Charles Medical Center, while police arrived within three minutes of the initial emergency call.
- Oregon Governor Tina Kotek praised the unidentified civilian who "heroically intervened to stop further loss of life," while the FBI and ATF joined local authorities investigating the attack.
- Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook confirmed all district schools and activities are canceled Friday as investigators determine how the 16-year-old obtained the long gun used in the attack.
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Bend, Oregon, elementary school shooting: 3 children, 1 teacher killed; teen suspect dead
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. The suspected shooter, a 16-year-old, was fatally shot by a community member who saw the teen going into [...]
A young shooter killed three children and a teacher at a primary school in Oregon, USA. The 16-year-old attacker was persecuted by a random eyewitness and shot, as the police reported at a press conference.
A shooting occurred at an Oregon elementary school that killed children and a teacher.
In a shooting at a elementary school in Oregon, a 16-year-old killed three children. A random eyewitness chased the perpetrator and killed him.
In the U.S. state of Oregon, several people were killed in gunfire at a primary school.
The children were "five, eight and eleven years old", while the shooter was himself only 16 years old. He was shot dead by a resident who had seen him enter the establishment.
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