Armed bystander shoots dead 16-year-old gunman after three children and teacher are killed at Oregon primary school
A 16-year-old broke into Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, by shooting through locked doors, then killed children aged five, eight and 11, along with a teacher. A community member who saw the attack go in after the gunman and shot him dead before police reached the scene three minutes later. A seven-year-old pupil and a 54-year-old teacher were rushed to St Charles Bend Medical Center in critical condition.
Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said officers had completed full active shooter training just two months before the attack.
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek said the bystander had 'heroically intervened to stop further loss of life.'
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