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APTOPIX Oregon School Shooting
Police tape is placed outside Silver Rail Elementary school, where a shooting took place, on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026 in Bend, Ore.
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Three children ages 5, 8 and 11 and a teacher were killed in a Thursday shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, police said. The 16-year-old shooter was killed by a community member who followed him into the school, Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said. Another child and teacher were taken to the hospital, Krantz said. The first 911 call came around 1 p.m. from person in a vehicle outside Silver Rail Elementary who reported being shot at by someone with a long gun, Krantz said.
