What we know about the 16-year-old who opened fire at his former elementary school, killing 4 in a special needs classroom
Police said the 16-year-old suspect was a former special-needs student, and investigators have not publicly identified a motive.
- On Thursday, 16-year-old John J. Griffin II killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, before an armed bystander fatally shot him and ended the attack.
- Griffin, a former special-needs student at the school, obtained a Maverick 88 pump-action shotgun that his mother purchased around his birthday in August.
- The stream of gunfire left children ages 5, 8, and 11, and a 25-year-old teacher dead. The gunman used three ammunition types—birdshot, buckshot, and slugs—with about 44 rounds remaining.
- Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said authorities are investigating a potential motive, while Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook announced the district will review safety procedures and emergency response protocols.
- Krantz warned that uncovering the motive "may never get that full answer," while Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler told a community vigil, "There are simply no words for the loss that we have suffered today.
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Two days after the shooting at the Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, the authorities said more about the killer's profile, shot by a student's relative, whose gesture again sparked the debate on firearms, a real gangrene in the United States.
A 16-year-old teenager opened fire at an elementary school in Oregon, killing three children and a teacher. The shooter was a former student at the school.
The announcement of the authorities: "The 16-year-old had special educational needs" (ANSA)
The motive for his attack at a school for children with special needs, in which three students and a teacher died, is still being determined.
What we know about the 16-year-old who opened fire at his former elementary school, killing 4 in a special needs classroom
By John Miller, Andi Babineau, Dalia Faheid, Elise Hammond, Emma Tucker, Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN (CNN) — Authorities are investigating what led a 16-year-old shooter to force entry into his former elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and fire into a special needs classroom on Thursday, killing three children and a young teacher.“Everyone wants to know
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