Shooter killed at Oregon elementary school; CNN, CBS report four dead in violence

Oct 15 — A person with a gun opened fire on Thursday at ​an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, wounding multiple victims, including children, before the assailant was killed, possibly ‌by an armed onlooker, according to police.

CNN and CBS News, citing law enforcement ⁠sources, reported that one ​adult and three children were ⁠killed in the violence, but it was not immediately ‌clear whether the shooter ‌was included in that death toll.

Police in Bend, ⁠a city of about 100,000 ⁠residents in central Oregon, 175 miles (280 km) southeast of Portland, said the first call they received from the 1 p.m. incident "indicated that an unknown man had shot into a car" at Silver Rail Elementary.

Police officers arriving seconds ‌later found that the suspect had ​been shot dead, possibly by a bystander, police said in a statement.

Sheila Miller, a spokesperson for the Bend Police Department, told reporters investigators had yet to confirm who shot the suspect.

Miller told reporters that at least two victims were transported to a hospital but she was unaware ​of their condition. The subsequent police statement, posted online, said, ‌authorities "have confirmed there ‌were ⁠multiple victims," with at least two taken to hospital, adding, "Children are among the victims."

Silver Rail Elementary School serves grades kindergarten through fifth grade, roughly ages 5 to 11. It has ‌about 450 students and ​40 staff members, Miller said.

(Reporting ‌by Daniel Trotta ⁠in Carlsbad, ​California, and Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by David Gregorio and ​Stephen Coates)

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