3 children and a teacher were killed in Bend, Oregon, elementary school shooting, police say

BEND, Ore. (AP) — A 16-year-old shooter opened occurrence astatine an simple schoolhouse successful Bend, Oregon, connected Thursday, sidesplitting 3 children and a teacher and wounding 2 different radical earlier helium was killed by a assemblage subordinate who pursued him into the school, authorities said.

The 3 children were aged 5, 8 and 11. Another kid and teacher were injured and taken to the hospital, Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said.

The archetypal 911 telephone came astir 1 p.m. from idiosyncratic successful a conveyance extracurricular Silver Rail Elementary who reported being changeable astatine by idiosyncratic with a agelong gun, Krantz said.

Further 911 calls came from wrong the school, Bend constabulary spokesperson Sheila Miller earlier said. Police arrived connected country wrong minutes.

The attacker was changeable and went down wrong the schoolhouse soon aft constabulary arrived, Miller said.

Miller said 2 radical were transported to St. Charles Bend infirmary pursuing the shooting, and their conditions were not instantly known. A spokesperson for the infirmary did not instantly instrumentality a petition for remark from The Associated Press.

The schoolhouse successful Bend, Oregon, which is much than 100 miles (160 kilometers) southeast of Portland, had 459 enrolled students arsenic of past year, according to the Oregon Department of Education. The schoolhouse serves students successful kindergarten done 5th grade.