Teacher fought Oregon school shooter before father shot him
Summary
Police say a teacher tackled and fought a 16-year-old gunman in a special-needs classroom in Bend, Oregon, before an armed father shot him dead; The Straits Times reports the attack killed a teacher and three children. The BBC reports the suspect had previously attended the school and targeted a special educational needs classroom, while Al Jazeera says he was a former special-needs student. The South China Morning Post says police identified him as Griffin J. John II and that the teacher threw her phone at him, was uninjured and was praised as heroic by the police chief; ABC News reports the teacher and father have been hailed as heroes. This follows earlier reports that a 16-year-old killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend on Thursday and that the suspect was also killed.
Timeline
The Straits Times
Source ↗The Straits Times reports that officials said a teacher tackled and fought the shooter, while an armed father fatally shot him, after he killed a teacher and three children in a special-needs classroom.
South China Morning Post
Source ↗The South China Morning Post reports that police identified the gunman as 16-year-old Griffin J. John II and said a father followed him into the school and shot him; the police chief called the teacher’s actions heroic and said she was not injured.
BBC
Source ↗The BBC reports that police said the 16-year-old suspect had previously attended the school and targeted a special educational needs classroom, and says an armed father shot him multiple times.
ABC News
Source ↗ABC News reports that a father and teacher who stepped in to stop the teen shooter have been hailed as heroes.
Al Jazeera
Source ↗Al Jazeera reports that police said the shooter was a former special-needs student and that a teacher fought him before a parent shot him dead.
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