Teen shooter who killed 4 at Oregon elementary school was a former student, police say
BEND, Ore. — A teacher threw her phone at the teenage gunman who killed four people at an Oregon elementary school, then tackled and fought with him — likely saving lives before he was shot by a father who followed him into the building, police said Friday. City of Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz called the teacher's actions “heroic” during a news conference and said she was not injured. He…
A teenage gunman, identified as 16-year-old Griffin J. John II, killed four people at an Oregon elementary school, according to police. The attacker was a former student at Silver Rail Elementary, who had been a special needs student at the school.
A teacher bravely fought with the gunman, ultimately throwing her phone at him and tackling him as he fired multiple shots from a 12-gauge shotgun. The teacher was not injured in the incident. Police Chief Mike Krantz praised the teacher's actions as "heroic" during a news conference.
The shooter fired as many as 15 shots from the shotgun, leaving about 44 rounds remaining when he was killed by a father who had followed him into the building. The exact motive behind the shooting remains unclear, but investigators are working to determine how John obtained the pump-action shotgun, which he bought according to a law enforcement official briefed on the shooting.
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