4 Killed, Including 3 Children, in Oregon Elementary School Shooting; Suspect Also Dead
Police said a community member shot the suspect after he forced his way inside, and the FBI and ATF are assisting the investigation.
- 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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Three children among the dead in Bend, Oregon, elementary school shooting
A 16-year-old shooter opened fire at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, killing three children and a teacher and wounding two other people before he was killed by a community member who pursued him into the school, authorities said. Source: The Washington Times
Civilian chases teen gunman, ends deadly Oregon school-shooter attack after four killed - The Daily Bo Snerdley
THE DAILY BS: HOW MUCH CAN YOU HANDLE? SPARE ME THE BS (I’ve got things to do). A civilian followed a 16-year-old gunman into an Oregon elementary school and fatally shot him, police say. The attacker killed three children, ages 5, 8 and 11, and a teacher. Another child and teacher were critically wounded. Police say the teenager shot through locked school doors to get inside. Oregon’s governor praised the civilian for stopping further bloodshed…
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GOVERNOR KOTEK ORDERS FLAGS LOWERED AFTER BEND SCHOOL SHOOTING
October 16, 2026 3:50 a.m. Governor Tina Kotek has ordered flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff on Friday, October 16th from sunrise to sunset, pursuant to the United States Flag Code, in remembrance of those who lost their lives on Thursday at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend. Three children...
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.
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