3 children, 1 adult killed in Oregon elementary school shooting, sources say
New details are emerging in Thursday's shooting at a Bend, Oregon, elementary school with sources saying three children and one adult were killed. The suspected shooter is also dead. Felipe Rodriguez, adjunct professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, joins "The Daily Report" to explain what happens next.
Three children and one adult were killed during a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, according to reports from CBS News, CNN, and the Jerusalem Post. The shooter, described by the Times of India as an unknown man, was shot and killed inside the school. Bend Police Department communications manager Sheila Miller stated that it is not yet confirmed who shot the suspect, noting it may have been a bystander.
The incident began when police received a 12:59 p.m. call reporting that a shooter had fired at a vehicle outside the school. The South China Morning Post reported that at least two people were hospitalized following the shooting, though their conditions were not immediately known. Subsequent emergency calls indicated the shooter had entered the building.
Police arrived on the campus within minutes, at which time the shooter went down. The Bend-La Pine school district placed the school under lockdown while authorities worked to evacuate the building room by room. Silver Rail Elementary serves approximately 450 students in grades kindergarten through fifth.
Brief written by urgent.news from CBS News, Jerusalem Post, ABC News AU, South China Morning Post, Times of India — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
