Oregon school shooting victims include 5-year-old whose family is ‘broken and lost’

Key Points:

• A shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, resulted in the deaths of three children, including 5-year-old Rhoam Summer, and a young teacher, Megan Lambert, with an armed bystander fatally shooting the teen gunman to end the attack.
• Megan Lambert, 25, was a dedicated teacher and volleyball coach known for her commitment to special needs students and underprivileged children; she was fulfilling her dream job at Silver Rail.
• The shooter, a special needs student at the school, entered the building by scaling a fence and breaching doors before opening fire in a special needs classroom; the motive remains under investigation.
• A teacher who threw a cellphone at the shooter and tackled him likely prevented further casualties, while a bystander intervened to fatally shoot the attacker during a physical struggle.
• Several victims were injured, including a 7-year-old child in serious condition and a teacher with non-life-threatening injuries; families and community members are grieving and seeking privacy during recovery.