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DEVELOPING · 16 OCT → 28 OCT 2026 · 13 EDITIONS · 248 OUTLETS

Former student kills four at Oregon elementary school before parent intervenes

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 124 248 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 16 Oct 00:08 UTC · Four victims killed in shooting at Oregon elementary school; suspect also dead 16 Oct 06:09 UTC · Three children and teacher killed in Oregon elementary school shooting 16 Oct 12:08 UTC · Three children and teacher killed in Oregon elementary school shooting 16 Oct 22:18 UTC · Teen kills teacher and three children at Oregon elementary school 17 Oct 00:10 UTC · Oregon community mourns four killed in elementary school shooting 17 Oct 06:08 UTC · Teacher and armed parent stopped Oregon school shooter, police say 17 Oct 12:10 UTC · Former student identified in deadly Oregon elementary school shooting 17 Oct 18:10 UTC · Former student kills four at Oregon elementary school before parent intervenes

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 7 HEADLINES

  1. 16 Oct, 00:08 UTC

    Four victims killed in shooting at Oregon elementary school; suspect also dead

  2. 16 Oct, 06:09 UTC

    Three children and teacher killed in Oregon elementary school shooting

  3. 16 Oct, 22:18 UTC

    Teen kills teacher and three children at Oregon elementary school

  4. 17 Oct, 00:10 UTC

    Oregon community mourns four killed in elementary school shooting

  5. 17 Oct, 06:08 UTC

    Teacher and armed parent stopped Oregon school shooter, police say

  6. 17 Oct, 12:10 UTC

    Former student identified in deadly Oregon elementary school shooting

  7. 17 Oct, 18:10 UTC

    Former student kills four at Oregon elementary school before parent intervenes

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Kaylub Giamanco · 4 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Nothing new took hold after the first third.

Figures reported with different numbers

  • mass shootings: 365 (1 from 15 Oct 21:59) → 360 (2 from 15 Oct 21:59) → 369 (1 from 17 Oct 00:25)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.