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What we know about teen gunman who police say opened fire at Bend, Oregon school
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Key Points:
- The 16-year-old shooter, Griffin John II, a former special needs student at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon, killed three boys and a teacher before being fatally shot by a bystander.
- The gunman entered the school armed with a Maverick 88 12-gauge pump-action shotgun, firing at a truck outside and then at least 15 rounds inside a special needs classroom.
- The shooter was not currently enrolled in the school district, and investigators are still determining how he obtained the weapon, which preliminary reports suggest was purchased by his mother.
- A teacher attempted to disarm the shooter by throwing a phone and tackling him, while a concealed-carry permit holder, Kaylub Giamanco, engaged and fatally shot the gunman.
- Three boys aged 5, 8, and 11, and teacher Megan Lambert, 25, were killed; two others, a 7-year-old girl and teacher Becky Drury, were hospitalized with serious injuries.
