Teacher saved lives when she tackled gunman during Oregon school shooting, police say

A shooting at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon, left four people dead, including three children and a teacher. The South China Morning Post reports that the victims were all shot in the same classroom, which contained special needs students. According to Hindustan Times - World News, the deceased teacher was 25-year-old special education teacher Meghan Lambert. Free Malaysia Today reports the children killed were aged five, eight, and 11.

The attacker was identified by the South China Morning Post as 16-year-old Griffin J. John II, a former special needs student at the school. Police Chief Mike Krantz told the South China Morning Post that the gunman used a 12-gauge shotgun to fire as many as 15 shots, leaving approximately 44 rounds remaining before he was killed. The South China Morning Post reports a teacher threw her phone at the gunman and tackled him, an act the police chief described as "heroic."

Free Malaysia Today reports that 36-year-old Kaylub Giamanco, a father of two children at the school, shot and killed the gunman after seeing him enter the special education room while Giamanco was driving home for lunch. The South China Morning Post adds that Giamanco followed the gunman into the building. Authorities are still investigating how the shooter obtained the weapon.

Brief written by urgent.news from CBS News, Hindustan Times - World News, South China Morning Post, ABC News (US), Free Malaysia Today — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.