Four killed, including three children, in shooting at Bend elementary school
A 16-year-old shooter opened fire at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon, killing three students and a teacher before being shot dead, while two others were hospitalized with serious injuries.
A shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, left four people dead and two injured on Thursday afternoon. Police said a 16-year-old suspect opened fire, killing three children aged five, eight and 11, and 25-year-old teacher Megan Lambert, before being shot by a bystander.
The victims have been identified as five-year-old Rhoam Summer, whose father posted on Facebook that his son was killed in the attack, and Lambert, a local volleyball coach and teacher whose family described her as a compassionate educator who loved the school.
Police have not released the names of the eight- and eleven-year-old boys at the request of their families. Two other victims, seven-year-old Saylor Graham and 54-year-old Becky Drury, were taken to hospitals with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Graham is receiving care at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, while Drury is being treated at St. Charles Bend Hospital.
Authorities continue to investigate the incident, and the community is coping with the aftermath of the tragedy.