Oregon elementary school shooter identified
A bystander shot the teen suspect dead after he forced entry with a long gun, and police say 5 victims were killed or injured.
- On Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, a 16-year-old gunman killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, before bystander Kaylub Giamanco, 36, fatally shot him.
- Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz reported the suspect forced entry through locked doors using a 'long gun,' with officers arriving by 1:02 p.m., about three minutes after the first emergency call.
- Authorities confirmed a 54-year-old teacher and three children, ages 5, 8, and 11, died at the scene; another teacher and a 7-year-old child remain hospitalized with critical injuries.
- President Donald Trump praised Giamanco as a 'great hero,' saying "thank God we had him, otherwise it would have been much worse," while Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek called the day 'horrible.'
- This attack marks the 28th mass killing of the year in the United States, according to James Alan Fox of the Northeastern University Mass Killing Database; FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed his agency is assisting the investigation.
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Oregon school shooter who killed 3 children and a teacher named as John J. Griffin, who also shot 7-year-old in wheelchair
Oregon school shooter who killed 3 children and a teacher named as John J. Griffin, who also shot 7-year-old in wheelchair | 16 Oct 2026 | The teenage school shooter who murdered four at an elementary school has been named as John J Griffin. Griffin, 16, killed three children aged five, eight, and 11 at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday afternoon. He also critically wounded a 54-year-old teacher and shot a seven-year-old…
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