Three children and a teacher killed by 16-year-old at Oregon primary school
A 16-year-old killed three children and a teacher in a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday. A bystander who pursued the attacker inside the school shot him dead before local officers arrived, according to police.
The children killed were aged five, eight and 11. A seven-year-old child and a 54-year-old teacher were taken to hospital in critical condition; police have not said whether the attacker had links to the school. Officers responded to the first report at 12:59 local time, and the suspect was shot dead at about 13:02.
- Three children and a teacher were killed at an Oregon primary school.
- A bystander shot dead the 16-year-old attacker.
- Two injured people were taken to hospital in critical condition.
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Bend is a city in the US state of Oregon, on the western side of the country. Primary schools there serve younger children, and Silver Rail Elementary is one of them.
Police have not said whether the 16-year-old had any connection to the school. In the United States, local police investigate such shootings, while school safety and firearm laws are shaped by local, state and national authorities.
The ages of those killed and injured mean the incident has affected both pupils and school staff. How the attacker entered the school and what led to the shooting are among the details that remain unclear.