Police say the 16-year-old attacker who killed three children and a teacher at an Oregon elementary school was a former special-needs student there. A teacher tackled him and a parent later shot him dead.
01Summary
- 01Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz identified the attacker as Griffin J. John II.
- 02Police said the 16-year-old shot three children aged five, eight and 11, and teacher Meghan Lambert, 25, at Silver Rail Elementary School.
- 03Steven Cook, superintendent of Bend-La Pine Schools, said John was not enrolled in the local public school system at the time.
- 04A teacher threw her phone at the gunman and tackled him, while 36-year-old parent Kaylub Giamanco shot him dead minutes after the first 911 call.
- 05Police said a seven-year-old child and a 54-year-old teacher were taken to hospital in critical condition.
02Why it matters
The shooting has left four people dead and two others critically injured, bringing renewed attention to school safety and gun violence in the United States. It also raises questions about how the teenager obtained the shotgun.
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