Teacher and Armed Bystander Credited With Limiting Toll in Bend, Oregon, School Shooting That Killed Four
The Bend school shooting on Thursday, October 15, 2026, left three children and a teacher dead at Silver Rail Elementary School in Oregon. Police say the 16-year-old gunman was shot dead at the school by a bystander. Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz has credited two people with limiting the harm: a teacher who physically fought the gunman, and a local man who entered the classroom with a legally owned handgun. Investigators are still working to establish exactly how the attack unfolded.
How the Bend School Shooting Unfolded
Emergency dispatchers received the first call at about 12:59 p.m., reporting a shot fired into a vehicle near the school. Officers arrived at about 1:02 p.m. Within a minute of that first call, several more callers reported that someone had entered the school and beg...