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Oregon school shooter identified as 16-year-old whose mother purchased the gun he used, sources say
NBC News • • nation
Key Points:
- John J. Griffin II, a 16-year-old, has been identified as the alleged shooter responsible for killing three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon.
- The shooting was stopped when an armed bystander fatally shot the teen, who had entered the school by shooting through a locked door.
- Victims included children aged 5, 8, and 11, with a 7-year-old child and a teacher critically injured in the attack.
- The shooter’s mother legally purchased the pump-action shotgun used in the attack around his birthday in August and has been cooperative with law enforcement.
- Police and federal investigators have not disclosed a motive, and officials planned to provide an update at a local press conference the day following the shooting.
