# School shooting in Bend, Oregon kills four

> A 16-year-old opened fire at Silver Rail Elementary School on Thursday, killing three children and a teacher before being shot dead by a community member.
- Title: School shooting in Bend, Oregon kills four · TIME | Shortify
- Summary: A 16-year-old opened fire at Silver Rail Elementary School on Thursday, killing three children and a teacher before being shot dead by a community member. A…
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- Source: TIME — https://time.com/article/2026/10/16/bend-oregon-shooting-silver-rail-elementary-school
- Author: Chad de Guzman
- Published: 2026-10-16T04:45:05.836+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: bend oregon, silver rail elementary school, school shooting, gun violence, children killed, community response, news, world
## Shooting at Bend elementary school
A sixteen-year-old opened fire at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon on Thursday, killing three children and a teacher before a community member shot and killed the suspect.
## The victims and injured
Police Chief Mike Krantz said the children killed were aged five, eight and eleven. A seven-year-old and a fifty-four-year-old teacher were transported to St. Charles Bend hospital with critical injuries.
## How the shooting unfolded
At twelve fifty-nine pm, police received a nine one one call reporting gunfire. The suspect forced his way into Silver Rail Elementary, about one hundred twenty miles southeast of Portland, by firing at locked doors.
## Community member stops the shooter
A community member spotted the suspect entering the school, pursued him inside and shot him dead. Police Chief Krantz said the suspect was a male city resident who has not yet been publicly identified.
## Political response to the shooting
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek said her heart was absolutely broken over the incident. Senator Ron Wyden called for common-sense gun laws to reduce the risk of more school shootings.

> No parent should have to have this kind of day, and no community should have to live through this kind of day.
## Thirty-sixth school shooting this year
CNN's analysis shows the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary marks the thirty-sixth one on K through twelve school grounds this year and the fifty-second school shooting in the country this year.
## Key takeaway

A sixteen-year-old shot and killed three children aged five, eight and eleven, and a fifty-four-year-old teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon on Thursday before a community member shot and killed the suspect.