{
  "id": 14896965,
  "title": "3 children and teacher killed in US primary school shooting",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/3-children-and-teacher-killed-in-us-primary-school-shooting",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T07:29:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/3-children-and-teacher-killed-in-us-primary-school-shooting"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A 16-year-old boy fatally shot three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon on Thursday afternoon before being killed by a bystander, according to police. The attacker forced his way into the school by shooting at locked doors. The victims were aged five, eight, eleven, and forty-four, with two others hospitalized in critical condition. The school district's top administrator expressed shock and grief over the senseless tragedy. Police were alerted at 12:59 pm local time to an active shooter incident, receiving the first 911 call from a bystander reporting shots being fired into their car with a long gun. The attacker had not been linked to the school, and no further details were released. Schools in Bend were set to remain closed on Friday for community healing.",
  "summary": "A 16-year-old has shot dead three children and a teacher at a primary school in the US state of Oregon before he was killed by a bystander, police said. The suspect, who has not been named, forced his way into Silver Rail Elementary School in the city of Bend on Thursday afternoon by shooting at […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Three children, teacher killed in US elementary school shooting",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/three-children-teacher-killed-in-us-elementary-school-shooting",
        "published": "2026-10-16T06:10:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Three children, teacher killed in Oregon school shooting as US gun violence debate reignites",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/three-children-teacher-killed-in-oregon-school-shooting-as-us-gun",
        "published": "2026-10-16T07:26:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}