Teacher and alert father helped save lives in Oregon school shooting, police say
A teacher tackled the gunman and a parent shot him dead, actions police said likely prevented more casualties after four people were killed.
- On Friday, a 16-year-old former student killed four people and wounded two others at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, before a parent intervened and shot the assailant, officials said.
- Griffin shot through locked glass doors to enter the campus, firing about 15 rounds in a special needs classroom where he killed three children and a teacher.
- A teacher fought the shooter by throwing her cellphone and tackling him, while Kaylub Giamanco, a parent, entered the classroom and shot the gunman, Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz reported.
- Residents of Bend gathered near the school on Friday to mourn, placing flowers and candles outside yellow crime scene tape, as Krantz stated the bystander's actions "undoubtedly saved people."
- Such shootings revive debates over gun laws in the country, where the right to "keep and bear Arms" is protected under the Constitution's Second Amendment.
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Teacher tackled mass shooter in Bend before parent shot him; police chief says ‘hard questions’ remain
The 16-year-old burst into the Bend elementary school on Thursday and unloaded about 15 rounds from the “long gun” he was carrying — killing, in a flash, three young students and a 25-year-old school staffer. A teacher threw her cell phone at the teen and tackled him in a desperate struggle to gain control of his gun.
Teacher tackled and fought Oregon school shooter - Regional Media News
By Herbert Villarraga and Deborah Bloom BEND, Oregon, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A teacher in the Oregon classroom where a shooter killed three children and an adult threw her cellphone at the shooter, tackled him and fought him in an act that saved lives, police [...]
Oregon school shooting: Bend police identify 16-year-old special needs student as shooter; probe underway to find motive
Police identified 16-year-old Griffin J. John II as the shooter who killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon. A parent shot him dead inside the school.
The Latest: Teacher threw cellphone and tackled gunman who killed 4 at Oregon school, police say – WTOP News
A teacher threw her phone at the teenage gunman who killed four people at an Oregon elementary school Thursday, then tackled and fought with him — likely saving
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