Teen shooter who killed 4 at Oregon elementary school was a former student, police say
A teacher fought the gunman before a father who followed him inside shot him dead, police said, as two wounded victims remained hospitalized.
- A 16-year-old former student, Griffin J. John II, killed four people at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday before a parent who followed him into the building shot him, police reported Friday.
- The attacker used a pump-action shotgun purchased by his mother; under Oregon law, minors may possess shotguns if provided by a parent or with parental consent.
- A teacher threw her phone at the gunman, then tackled him—actions Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz called 'heroic.' The four victims included children aged 5, 8, and 11.
- President Donald Trump praised the father as a 'great hero' at a White House press conference Friday, saying the tragedy 'could have been much worse.' Schools across Bend canceled all classes.
- According to a database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University, this shooting marks the 28th mass killing in the U.S. this year.
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In a 'Heroic Action,' Teacher Tackled School Gunman: Police
When a gunman stormed her Oregon classroom on Thursday, the teacher quickly moved towards Him, shooting her cellphone and then tackling Him. Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said Friday that the teacher, who was not wronged, thought to take away the attacker's weapon. Her "heroic action," the chief said, per...
A total of five people died in the shooting. The attacker was shot by a parent of a student who happened to be at the scene.
Oregon teen gunman was tackled by ‘heroic’ teacher then shot by students’ dad
A teacher threw her phone at the teenage gunman who killed four people at an Oregon junior school, then tackled and fought with him – probably saving lives before he was shot by a father who followed him into the building, police said Friday. Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz called the teacher’s actions “heroic” during a news conference and said she was not injured. He identified the attacker as 16-year-old Griffin J. John II and said all of the vi…
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