Teen kills teacher and three children at Oregon elementary school
A 16-year-old former student opened fire Thursday at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, killing three children and a teacher before an armed parent fatally shot him, police said.
The children killed were ages 5, 8 and 11. A 7-year-old remained in critical condition Friday, while a 54-year-old teacher had serious but non-life-threatening injuries, according to an updated account reported by The Guardian.
Police identified the attacker as Griffin J. John II. Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said the teenager climbed a fence, shot through locked glass doors and entered a classroom, where all the victims were shot. Investigators recovered a pump-action 12-gauge shotgun and additional ammunition. Law enforcement sources told CBS News and the Associated Press that the gun had been purchased by the teenager’s mother. …