4 Killed, Including 3 Children, in Oregon Elementary School Shooting; Suspect Also Dead
Police said the suspect was dead within minutes as at least two people were hospitalized and the FBI joined 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 and a teacher were shot dead at an elementary school in the northwestern US state of Oregon on Thursday, police said. Authorities said the shooter was a 16-year-old boy who was killed by a bystander. Another child and a teacher are being treated for serious injuries after the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, a city of about 100,000. Mike Krantz, Bend Police Chief, told reporters that police were called to a shoot…
NEWS HEADLINES: Oregon: 3 children and 1 adult reported deceased following shooting at Bend elementary school, suspect dead – One America News Network
Photo via: Silver Rail Elementary School / Facebook public profile OAN Staff Brooke MalloryThursday, October 15, 2026 5:30 PM PT: Oregon authorities confirmed the three children killed in the shooting were ages 5, 8, and 11, alongside a teacher whose identity and age have not yet been released. Two additional victims — a 7-year-old child and a 54-year-old adult — remain hospitalized in critical condition. It is unclear if the shooter had any con…
New shooting in the United States. On Thursday she bereaved a primary school in Oregon, in the west of the country. The alleged shooter, a 16-year-old, was shot dead by an armed passerby who had
A 16-year-old boy raided the Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, and shot killing three 5, 8 and 11-year-olds and a teacher, before being shot by a man who intervened before the arrival of the [...] The US article, shooting at an elementary school in Oregon: killed three children and a teacher. Died the 16-year-old bomber comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.
A teenager kills three children and a school teacher in the U.S. and is killed by a witness
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