The gunman was killed shortly after police received reports of a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School, police said.
\n\nSpecial agents with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are on the way to the school shooting scene, a spokesperson said.
\n\nThe agents are coming from both its Portland and Eugene field offices, the spokesperson said.
\n\nThe spokesperson confirms that ATF agents will be focused specifically on tracing the gun or weapons used by the suspect.
\n\nA sheriff's deputy outside Silver Rail Elementary School. Joe Kline / AP
\n\nFour people were killed in today's shooting at Silver Rail Elementary, according to three senior law enforcement officials briefed on the preliminary investigation.
\n\nSome of them are children, the officials said. It's unclear what the victims' ages are.
\n\nThe shooter is also dead, officials have said.
\n\nClasses, activities and athletic events across Bend-La Pine Schools are canceled tomorrow, the district announced.
\n\nThe district serves more than 16,000 students across 33 schools.
\n\nBend-La Pine Schools, the district Silver Rail Elementary is a part of, has a school resource officer program in partnership with the Bend Police Department and the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office.
\n\nThose school resource officers cover multiple schools in…
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