Police search for clues to deadly shooting at Oregon elementary school
Schools closed after one teacher and three children killed, and child and teacher hospitalized with critical injuries
TL;DR
- A 16-year-old shooter killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail elementary school in Bend, Oregon.
- A seven-year-old child and a 54-year-old teacher were hospitalized with critical injuries.
- The shooter was killed by an armed bystander before police arrived.
- The FBI and local law enforcement are investigating the shooting.
- News outlets reported the shooter was identified as 16-year-old John J Griffin II.
- The motive for the shooting remains unclear.
- Schools in Bend and La Pine were closed on Friday.
- A candlelit vigil was held in Bend's Drake Park.
- The shooting is the deadliest school incident since September 2024.