Teacher who survived Oregon school shooting recounts being shot, pretending to be dead to survive
Updated on: October 21, 2026 / 5:45 PM EDT / CBS News
TL;DR
- Teacher Becky Drury, 54, recounts being shot immediately by the gunman at Silver Rail Elementary School before she could act.
- Drury sustained severe, non-life-threatening injuries to her hand and arm and pretended to be dead to survive.
- The Oct. 15 shooting killed three children (ages 5, 8, 11) and a 25-year-old teacher, and seriously wounded another 7-year-old student.
- The suspect, 16-year-old Griffin J. John II, a former student, reportedly shot through locked doors.
- The gunman was tackled by another teacher and then fatally shot by an armed bystander, Kaylub Giamanco, 36.