Crime & Justice
Oregon school shooting kills three children and a teacher
October 16, 2026 at 11:56 AM · Updated 1h ago
5 reports · over 14 hours
BNBBC News
Oregon teacher fought school attacker before armed dad shot suspect 'multiple times'
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TGThe Guardian
Oregon shooting victims: three boys and female teacher killed at elementary school
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Police search for clues to deadly shooting at Oregon elementary school
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First Thing: Three young children killed in Oregon elementary school shooting
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BNBBC News
Community 'heartbroken and horrified' after Oregon school shooting
(opens the publisher’s site)A 16-year-old gunman shot dead three children and a teacher at an Oregon elementary school before a community member killed him.
- The gunman forced his way into Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend on Thursday by shooting at locked doors.
- The three children killed were aged five, eight and 11.
- Police said a community member shot the gunman dead at the scene.
- Children were taken by bus to a nearby church serving as a reunification center for families.
- A seven-year-old child and a 54-year-old teacher remain hospitalized with critical injuries after the shooting.
- Authorities have not yet released the names of the victims or the 16-year-old gunman.
- Police Chief Mike Krantz said the investigation will be long, with the FBI assisting and schools in Bend and La Pine closed Friday.
- Authorities identified the teacher killed as 25-year-old Megan Lambert and the three children as boys aged five, eight and 11.
- A teacher tackled and wrestled the gunman before a father of two students entered the school and shot him multiple times.
- Police said the suspect was carrying about 44 additional rounds of ammunition and had fired up to 15 rounds.