The 16-year-old gunman was tackled by a teacher and killed by a bystander after the gunman shot his way into Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, officials said.
\n\nWhile Bend-La Pine Schools does have a school resource officer program, no officer was present at Silver Rail Elementary yesterday, Bend Police said.
\n\n“That SRO (school resource officer) oversees six or seven schools, and so was at a nearby school,” said Sheila Miller, the communications manager for the Bend Police Department.
\n\nThe investigation into the motive for the shooting is ongoing.
\n\nBend Police Chief Mike Krantz said crime scene analysts completed a digital scan of the scene last night and officers completed a second walkthrough of the scene this morning.
\n\nPolice also collected evidence and executed a search warrant at the gunman's home and interviews are ongoing, he said.
\n\nStill under investigation is how the gunman got the weapon and ammunition.
\n\nRoughly 150 law enforcement and first responder personnel have been involved in the investigation, including Oregon State Police, the FBI and the ATF.
\n\nAsked whether other students in the classroom witnessed the shooting, Krantz said today: "As far as we understand at this point, there were no additional students in the…
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