Suspect and victims identified after Oregon school shooting
Summary
Police in Bend, Oregon, are investigating why a 16-year-old killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary before an armed bystander shot him dead, reports say. The Guardian reports that officials identified the shooter as Griffin J John II, a former student, and that the bystander was identified by his family as Kaylub Giamanco; it also reports that the five-year-old victim was Rhoam Summer and the teacher was Megan Lambert. The Guardian says Summer’s father described the family as broken and lost, while a seven-year-old pupil and a 54-year-old teacher remained hospitalized. The Straits Times reports police were also investigating how the teenager obtained the long gun.
Timeline
Deutsche Welle
Source ↗Deutsche Welle reports that a 16-year-old killed three children and a teacher, wounded two others, and was pursued and killed by a community member, authorities said.
Al Jazeera
Source ↗Al Jazeera reports that Bend’s police chief identified the shooter as a 16-year-old who was killed by a bystander at the school.
Channel NewsAsia
Source ↗Channel NewsAsia reports that police said three children and a teacher were killed and that the shooter was a local 16-year-old boy.
The Sydney Morning Herald
Source ↗The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the teenager used a pump-action shotgun and that a bystander pursued and shot him after he killed three children aged 5, 8 and 11 and a teacher.
BBC
Source ↗The BBC reports that local police said a 16-year-old suspect opened fire in Bend, killing three children aged 5, 8 and 11 and a teacher.
Euronews
Source ↗Euronews reports that a police spokesperson had said Silver Rail Elementary had between 400 and 450 pupils and more than 40 staff.
The Irish Times
Source ↗The Irish Times reports that a 16-year-old assailant was shot and killed by a bystander at the school in Bend.
The National
Source ↗The National reports that police said the 16-year-old shooter killed three children and a teacher and was shot by a bystander; another teacher and a seven-year-old pupil were critically injured.
France 24
Source ↗France 24 reports that police said an armed bystander pursued and killed the teenage shooter inside the school and that the children killed were aged 5, 8 and 11.
BBC
Source ↗The BBC reports that police said a teacher was also killed in the attack at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend.
The New York Times
Source ↗The New York Times reports that a teenager opened fire at Silver Rail Elementary, killing three children and a teacher, and that an armed bystander killed the shooter.
The Straits Times
Source ↗The Straits Times reports that police were investigating why the 16-year-old killed three children and a teacher and how he obtained the long gun used in the attack.
The Guardian
Source ↗The Guardian reports that the victims included five-year-old Rhoam Summer and teacher Megan Lambert, that the bystander was identified by his family as Kaylub Giamanco, and that a seven-year-old pupil and a 54-year-old teacher remained hospitalized.
The Guardian
Source ↗The Guardian reports that Rhoam Summer’s father said the family was broken and lost, and that a seven-year-old pupil and a 54-year-old teacher were in hospital.
The Guardian
Source ↗The Guardian reports that officials identified the shooter as Griffin J John II, a former Silver Rail student, and said he climbed a fence and shot through locked doors to enter the school.
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