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Gun used in Oregon elementary school shooting was birthday gift from shooter's mom, sources say
CBS News • • general
Key Points:
- The 16-year-old shooter at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, used a legally purchased Maverick 88 pump-action shotgun, which was a birthday gift from his mother, Shauntai Nickerson.
- The shooting resulted in the deaths of three children aged 5, 8, and 11, and a 25-year-old teacher named Megan Lambert; two others, a 7-year-old girl and a 54-year-old teacher, were wounded.
- The shooter initially fired at a passing pickup truck before entering the school by shooting through glass doors and attacking a classroom with nine people inside.
- The suspect, a former student of the school, was killed by a bystander, Kaylub Giamanco, who witnessed the initial shooting and intervened.
- Investigators are examining the shooter's digital footprint, including computer, phone, and social media activity, while police plan to complete evidence collection and return the school to the district.
