Three children and a teacher were killed in a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, the BBC reports, citing police. Two other people — a child and a teacher — were taken to hospital in a critical condition. The attack happened on the afternoon of Thursday 15 October.
Police said the attacker was a 16-year-old who lived locally. Bend police chief Mike Krantz said the teenager entered the primary school by shooting through locked doors.
According to the police account reported by the BBC, an armed member of the local community followed the attacker into the building and shot him dead. Police have not released the identities of the teenager or the victims.
The two injured people were described as being in a critical condition in the BBC report published on 16 October. That account does not establish whether their condition subsequently changed.
Schools in Bend were closed on Friday 16 October following the attack, the BBC reports. Details of the shooting and the casualty figures are based on the police account cited by the broadcaster.
