Four killed in shooting at Oregon elementary school
A 16-year-old opened fire at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon on Thursday, killing three children and a teacher before being shot dead by an armed community member.
What happened
A 16-year-old shooter entered Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon on Thursday afternoon and opened fire, killing three children aged 5, 8 and 11, and one teacher. A seventh child and another teacher were taken to hospital with critical injuries. Police received a call at around 1pm about shots fired into a car outside the school, followed by multiple calls reporting someone shooting inside the building. Officers arrived within minutes and found the suspect already dead. An armed community member who saw the suspect enter the school pursued him inside and shot him dead, preventing further casualties. Oregon Governor Tina Kotek thanked the community member for their intervention. The school, which serves about 450 students in kindergarten through fifth grade, was placed under lockdown and students were evacuated to a separate location for reunification with families.
Key facts
- 16-year-old shooter killed four: three children aged 5, 8, 11 and one teacher
- Two others hospitalised with critical injuries: 7-year-old student and 54-year-old teacher
- Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, 280km southeast of Portland
- Armed community member pursued and shot the suspect dead
- Shooting occurred around 1pm local time on Thursday
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Coverage across the news outlets we track, as at publication.
Where the outlets differ
Otago Daily Times provides the most detail on the shooter's age (16), specific victim ages, and the sequence of events involving the teacher who tackled the gunman and the father who pursued and shot him. NZ Herald and Newstalk ZB report only that four people died without initially confirming ages or roles. 1News updates progressively clarify details about the intervening community member. Stuff headlines evolve from "multiple injured" to "at least five killed" as information emerges.
What outlets are saying
Stuff
Oregon community mourns four killed in school shooting, survivors remain hospitalised
A special-needs teacher and student wounded in a deadly shooting at an Oregon elementary school remained hospitalised.
NZ Herald
‘Multiple victims’ in Oregon primary school mass shooting
Police say the gunman was shot dead at the scene.
Newstalk ZB
Three children among four dead in mass shooting at Oregon elementary school
A shooting has left four people dead and others injured at an elementary school in the northwestern US state of Oregon, local police said on Thursday.
1News
How a driver, dad and teacher tried to stop Oregon school shooter
One of the teachers in the classroom threw a phone at the shooter. Then, police say, she tackled him.