What we know about Bend elementary school shooter
The unidentified teenage suspect allegedly blasted his way through the school's locked doors with a pump-action 'long gun' on Thursday that police said had been purchased by his own mother.
TL;DR
- A 16-year-old shooter killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon.
- The shooter was killed by a bystander before police arrived.
- The weapon used was a pump-action 'long gun' allegedly purchased by the shooter's mother.
- The motive for the attack has not yet been established.
- The identities of both the shooter and the bystander are currently unknown.
- Two additional victims, a child and a teacher, were hospitalized in critical condition.
- Oregon ranks 12th nationally for the strength of its gun laws.