'Hero' bystanders helped prevent further bloodshed in deadly Oregon shooting
A father and a teacher who stepped in to stop a teen shooter as he opened fire on a special-needs classroom in Oregon have been hailed as heroes.
Four people, including children, were killed in a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. Police have commended a father and a teacher who stepped in as heroes. The 16-year-old shooter, Griffin J John II, a former special-needs student at the school, was killed by the father. The teacher threw her phone at the teen and tackled him, fighting to take his gun.
The shooter had entered the school through broken glass doors and opened fire in a special-needs classroom, killing three children and one adult. The youngest victim was five-year-old Rhoam Summer. Another teacher, Meghan Lambert, was also killed. The motive behind the shooting remains unclear, and authorities are investigating how the teenager obtained the gun.
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