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‘It all happened so fast,’ Oregon educator who confronted school shooter says
NBC News • • nation
Key Points:
- Cassidy Schutz, a certified learning specialist at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, was identified as the staff member who confronted the teenage gunman during a deadly attack, throwing her cellphone at him and wrestling him over the shotgun.
- The attack resulted in four deaths, including three boys aged 5, 8, and 11, and a teacher; two others were wounded, with victims publicly identified as Rhoam Summer and Megan Lambert.
- An armed community member intervened by fatally shooting the gunman during the physical confrontation with Schutz, an action police say likely prevented further casualties.
- Schutz expressed profound sadness over the tragedy, emphasizing the lasting pain and asking for privacy while extending condolences to the victims' families and those affected.
- The shooting occurred in a special needs classroom and remains under investigation, with no motive disclosed by authorities.
